Description:

A medium-sized bush-warbler with relatively long tail and long bill. Olive-brown above, with whitish lores, usually clear whitish supercilium, flanks warm buff, undertail-coverts virtually plain warm buff; iris dark brown; upper mandible blackish-brown, lower mandible more fleshy-brown; legs brownish-flesh.

Distribution:

Rare summer visitor to central parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, mainly in Gilgit and Diamer. Inhabits grassy slopes dotted with bushes, weeds and grass, upland terraced cultivation, and edges of alpine meadows and forest clearings, at 2400-3600m.

Behavior:

Keeps well hidden, feeding on or near ground in rank grasses and scrubby thickets; runs at great speed if disturbed, slipping through grasses and other dense cover with ease in rodent-like manner. Very difficult to flush. No information on food items, other than insects.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Long-billed Bush-Warbler in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Long-billed Bush-Warbler

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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