Description:

Medium-sized wheatear, with rufous-orange lower back and rump and rufous sides to tail. Plumage is greyish-brown from crown to back, with blackish lores to eye and shading to pale brownish on flanks and pale orange-tinged buff on vent; wings mid-brown with broad grey-buff fringes.

Distribution:

Possible winter visitor to the south-western parts of Diamer district. Occurs in dry rocky slopes and stony mountain ridges, often with nearby streams, at 1200-3100m; winters lower in semi-desert areas with scattered scrub.

Behavior:

Forages either from rock perch with perch-and-pounce method, or on ground with bound-and-grab method; also picks items off vegetation, digs in earth with bill and sallies after flying insects. Mainly feeds on invertebrates, chiefly ants and beetles; and some vegetable matter, consumed usually in winters.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Red-tailed Wheatear in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Red-tailed Wheatear

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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