Description:

Distinctive pipit with seasonal differences in plumage. Always has boldly streaked upperparts, olive cast to mantle, and olive to olive-green edges to wing feathers. Adult breeding has mauve-pink wash to underparts with irregular black spotting on breast and flanks.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to all districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, some wintering in areas of Gilgit and Diamer. Breeds on alpine meadows and boulder-strewn grassy slopes, near patches of snow or water; mostly to 4200m. Winters in foothills and plains.

Behavior:

Forages on the ground; picks food items from ground surface or from low vegetation. Occasionally jumps up to take flying insects, or flies out from a perch to catch prey. In severe weather feeds around burrow entrances of marmots. Mainly feeds on insects, seeds and berries. Ingests grit. Beetles, especially weevils, are the most important prey, also bugs, leaf beetles and caterpillars.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Rosy Pipit in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Rosy Pipit

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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