Description:

Tall, elegant godwit with chestnut breast and upper belly; long, straightish bill orange pink at base; long legs. White wing-bars and white tail-base with black tail-band. In breeding plumage, male has rufous-orange neck and breast, with blackish barring on underparts and white belly; breeding female is duller.

Distribution:

Rare passage migrant through the north-western parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, very rare in Baltistan and Astore. Usually found near wetlands; including marshes, lakes, river banks, bogs and grasslands. From lowlands up to 3000m during passage migration.

Behavior:

Feeds by picking and by forward-angled, prolonged probes. Locates food by touch or sight. Usually feeds gregariously in winter and on migration, using communal night-time roosts in shallow water. Chiefly feeds on invertebrates, most frequently insects and their larvae, molluscs, crustaceans, spiders, fish eggs, and spawn and tadpoles of frogs; also plant material, such as berries and seeds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Black-tailed Godwit in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Black-tailed Godwit

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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