Description:

Large, long-tailed, fairly plain backed typical thrush. Uniform grey upperparts and wings. Always shows reddish-orange at sides of tail, which can be very prominent in flight. Adult has red supercilium, throat and breast, grey upperparts, and whitish underparts.

Distribution:

Vagrant all across Gilgit-Baltistan, usually in the company of Black-throated Thrush. Found in grassy scrubby hillsides and in forest edge, willow groves, fields, gardens, orchards, pastures and cultivated ground, from lowlands to 3000m.

Behavior:

Forages mainly on ground and in low vegetation; in winter, often in mixed flocks with other thrush species. But not highly gregarious compared to Black-throated Thrush. Mainly feeds on invertebrates including beetles, locusts, ants, earthworms, spiders, insect larvae. In autumn and winter, berries and some seeds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Red-throated Thrush in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Red-throated 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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