Description:

Large with long neck, large head and eyes, body plumage always unbarred, and at rest wing-tips reach tail-tip. Pale head and upper breast, rufous-brown lower breast and belly, more uniform rufous underwing-coverts, more extensive black carpal patches, large pale primary patch on upperwing, and unbarred pale orange uppertail.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant and summer visitor mainly to south-eastern parts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Prefers open-country habitats, steppe, semi-desert, rocky or stony country; also open woodland or woods with clearings; from plains to above 3500 m.

Behavior:

Rather sluggish; often waits for long periods on perch or on ground; also forages with soaring flight; hangs on wind, without beating wings, to survey ground. Preys on mainly small mammals, usually rodents; also hunts reptiles, some small birds, amphibians and large insects.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Long-legged Buzzard in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Long-legged Buzzard

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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