Description:

Large sized, small billed, mostly olive-brown and plain backed scaly thrush. Belly and flanks are generally more clearly scaled with black. Has more rufescent coloration to upperparts, especially to uppertail-coverts/rump and tail, less pronounced pale wing-panel, and shorter tail.

Distribution:

Possible resident in the south-western parts of Ghizer and Diamer districts. Summers on rocky and grassy slopes with bushes and creeping juniper up to 3600-4250m. Winters lower in forest and open country with bushes down to 1300m.

Behavior:

Forages on ground usually in shade and moving stealthily. Turns over leaves and rotting vegetation; probes in earth. Sometimes in loose flocks in non-breeding season. Feeds on insects, snails, leeches mainly in the summers; also takes plant material like berries, fruit and seeds in winters.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Plain-backed Thrush in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Plain-backed Thrush

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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