Description:

Looks a bit like a dusty brown tiny corvid, doesn’t resemble any other tit and lacks any conspicuous markings. Has a strong and slightly downcurved black bill. The underside is a greyish-fawn in colour, with a tawny hue. The upper parts are mostly a darker fawn-brown, head with a darker cap and light nape patch.

Distribution:

Rare resident in extreme north of Gilgit-Baltistan, with only records from Hunza. Inhabits open alpine steppe and sometimes more arid regions with small scattered shrubs, usually aviods dense vegetation, rarely if ever occurring lower than 3,000 meters.

Behavior:

Flies low over the ground preferring to run or jump out of the way if approached. Moves on the ground in unpredictable hops and bounces which can be quite long. Mostly obtains food on the ground. Eats a wide range of arthropod prey, often obtained by probing yak dung, peers into rock crevices and and holes in the ground to flush the prey out.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Ground Tit in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Ground Tit

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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