Description:

Medium sized pipit, with fairly plain features and seasonal differences in plumage. In all plumages, has lightly streaked upperparts, lacks olive-green on wing, has dark legs, and usually has pale lores; underparts less heavily marked. Orange-buff wash to supercilium and underparts in breeding plumage.

Distribution:

Common passage migrant and winter visitor to lower valleys of western Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in Baltistan. During passage and winter prefers damp grassland, marshes, irrigated cultivations, grassy edges of watercourses. Usually below 3200m.

Behavior:

Forages on the ground, picking up insects and other small invertebrates; occasionally jumps up to take flying insects, or flies out from a perch to catch prey. In severe weather in high mountains, feeds around burrow entrances of marmots. Diet generally includes invertebrates and some plant material.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of Water 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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