Description:

Tiny, compact stint with short bill; upperparts have dark brown and pale rufous feathers. In flight, shows grey sides to tail. Adult breeding has pale mantle, rufous wash to face, neck sides and breast, and rufous fringes to upperpart feathers. Non-breeding has untidy, mottled/streaked appearance, with grey breast sides.

Distribution:

Common passage migrant through the western Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in Astore and Baltistan. Usually found near wetlands; including marshes, lakes, river banks, boggy areas and grasslands. From lowlands up to 3000m during passage migration.

Behavior:

Feeds by rapid pecking actions, sometimes probes; detects prey by sight. Gregarious, in small to large flocks. Chiefly feeds on invertebrates; primarily larval and adult beetles; also ants, water-bugs, annelids, small molluscs, crustaceans, freshwater mites and plant material.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Little Stint in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Little Stint

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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