Description:

Typical long-tailed tit, with medium-long tail. Adult best told by combination of rufous crown, white chin and black throat, and grey mantle. Juvenile has white throat and indistinct black-spotted breast-band. Juvenile is possibly confusable with White-throated.

Distribution:

Uncommon/possible resident in the south-western parts of Diamer district. Usually found in margins of broadleaved and mixed broadleaved/coniferous forest with secondary growth. In summers at 2400-3400m, down to 1800m in winter.

Behavior:

Forages in shrub layer. Found in pairs in spring and early summer; otherwise usually in small parties, sometimes as many as 20 individuals together, and may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Diet largely consists of small insects, especially insect larvae and pupae, also spiders; possibly also feeds on flower buds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

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

Seasonal Occurrence of White-throated 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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