Description:

Medium-sized robin like stance, with prominent white tipped tail fan. Male has ruby-red throat, black breast, greyer upperparts, and blackish tail with white sides and tip. Female has grey-brown upperparts, grey breast and flanks contrasting with belly, white tail-tip, black legs.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to Gilgit-Baltistan, except for north-eastern parts of Hunza and Baltistan region. Found in semi-open landscapes above treeline, scrub and bushes usually with many scattered boulders and near water, mostly at 2600-4000m.

Behavior:

Forages mainly on ground in cover. Secretive, although often more exposed when singing. Regularly cocks tail while foraging on the ground. Eats mainly invertebrates including insects like ants, weevils and beetles, also feeds spiders, molluscs and small reptiles, especially caterpillars in summer.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of White-tailed Rubythroat in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of White-tailed Rubythroat

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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