Description:

Large size, stocky and perching typical redstart. Male has white cap, black upperparts, and large white patch on wing. Slightly duller in fresh plumage due to indistinct grey feathers fringes. Female has buff-brown upperparts and buffish underparts. First-winter as adult.

Distribution:

Common resident and altitudinal migrant all across higher areas of Gilgit-Baltistan, except for Diamer. Occupies high-altitude boulder-strewn bushy slopes, rocky meadows and often near water, up to 4800m, forced to lower valleys in severe weather.

Behavior:

Forages in short flights from perch; more "nomadic" than congeners, continually moving on to new perch, rather than returning to well-established one, and perhaps more frequently aerial. In summer feeds exclusively on invertebrates, mostly insects and spiders; berries usually sole food in winter, in particular those of sea buckthorn, but midges also seen to be taken near water in winters.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of White-winged Redstart in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of White-winged Redstart

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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