Description:

Medium-sized finch with conical bill, bright yellow wingbars and notched tail. Male has blackish-olive upperparts, yellow supercilium and crescent behind ear-coverts, yellow underparts and rump, and broad yellow panels across wing. Female has paler olive upperparts with faint dark streaking, less distinct head pattern.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor mostly limited to southern parts of Astore and Diamer districts. Prefers submontane and montane open, mixed deciduous and conifer forests, grassy slopes and open or terraced hillsides and cultivation, not above 3300m.

Behavior:

Forages in vegetation, clinging to stems and seed heads of tall plants; also perches in bushes and tall trees, including at tops of pines and alders. Eats variety of seeds, including pine and alder, also downy seed heads and other herbs, ripening seed heads of sunflowers and buckwheat, also berries; may also take some small insects.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Yellow-breasted Greenfinch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Yellow-breasted Greenfinch

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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