Description:

Small sized, slim-bodied, long-necked and long-legged plover. Has golden-yellow markings on upperparts, and dusky grey underwing-coverts and axillaries. In flight, shows narrower white wing-bar and dark rump. Non-breeding usually shows prominent pale supercilium and dark patch at rear of ear-coverts.

Distribution:

Vagrant during passage migration in Gilgit-Baltistan, with no latest records. Mostly prefers sparsely vegetated mud flats or sandy banks of wetlands, lakes, streams and also grasslands. In the areas occurs up to 3000m.

Behavior:

Feeds in typical plover style; also gleans and probes in mud, sand and pastures. Feeds alone or in flocks. Some wintering birds occupy territories for entire season, returning each year. Mainly feeds on insects, molluscs, worms, crustaceans and spiders; berries particularly important on tundra; occasionally seeds and leaves, and exceptionally small vertebrates.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Pacific Golden-Plover in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Pacific Golden-Plover

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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