Description:

A clearly patterned penduline-tit with small, narrowly conical bill and relatively slender legs and toes. Male has blackish mask and variable nape band, whitish crown and collar, and chestnut band across mantle. Nape band absent in fresh plumage; crown largely black in worn plumage. Female and first-year male are duller and paler.

Distribution:

Rare passage migrant through the central and western parts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Found in reedbeds, acacia trees in riverine forest and irrigated forest plantations. Locally also on bushy hillsides, gardens and orchards, up to 2400m.

Behavior:

Forages nearly always in poplars and willows, in general avoiding reedbeds; in Pakistan, passage migrants in spring tend to forage in canopy of trees. Generally feeds on small invertebrates, chiefly small insects and their larvae (bugs, beetles, aphids and flies), and small spiders, also seeds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of White-crowned Penduline-Tit in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of White-crowned Penduline-Tit

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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