Description:

Large thrush like, uniform dark coloration. Adult is dark blue-black, with head and body spangled with glistening silvery-blue. Forehead, shoulders, and fringes to wings and tail are brighter blue. Has stout yellow bill. Juvenile is browner, and lacks blue spangling.

Distribution:

Common resident and partial altitudinal migrant in all the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan. Occurs in broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest; often in gorges and ravines, also in town and villages. Breeds at 1000-4000m.

Behavior:

Feeds on damp ground, moving in long hops and turning over leaf litter, listening for movement, or picking its way along muddy margins and in shallow water; often forages along interstices of screes and talus, and digs vigorously in soft ground. Eats invertebrates such as water beetles, ants, insect larvae, slugs, snails, froglets and earthworms; also berries and seeds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Blue Whistling-Thrush in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Blue Whistling-Thrush

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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