Description:

A medium-sized with dark head top and upperparts; thick-based and rather strong bill. Slightly larger, with larger and stouter bill, than Lesser, with darker, purer grey mantle, and darker grey crown with blackish ear-coverts; on some whole crown can be dark grey and strong greyish wash to sides of breast.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to all the lower valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan, rare in the northern parts. Prefers broadleaf woodland and sparse juniper scrub, at 2000-3600m; also lower bushes and shrubs on rocky slopes, and orchards with almond.

Behavior:

Generally forages in trees and bushes, searching leaves, twigs and bark for insects. Observed systematically to search for food items on tree trunks in manner of treecreeper; also to beat wings in attempt to flush prey. Mostly insectivorous during breeding season. Fruit, seeds, nectar, pollen and barries taken from various plants.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Hume's Whitethroat in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Hume's Whitethroat

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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