Description:

A medium-sized nuthatch, typical in shape and behavior. Has uniform undertail-coverts and lacks clearly defined white cheeks. Larger and longer-billed, no white at base of tail. Female underparts are paler, with flanks and undertail-coverts more deep cinnamon, and whitish cheek patch is less clearly defined.

Distribution:

Common resident in the western parts of Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Favors various deciduous and coniferous habitats with fir, deodar and oak, with some dependence on presence of deciduous broadleaf tree. Breeds at 2100-3300m.

Behavior:

Forages on trunks and larger branches, usually at low levels, and often in understorey or on ground, on fallen and rotten trees and logs and moss-covered boulders. In summer found singly and in pairs; non-breeding season in mixed-species flocks. Food insects, spiders and, especially in winter, seeds and nuts; grit also consumed.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Kashmir Nuthatch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Kashmir Nuthatch

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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