Breeds Wand N Pakistan. Himalayas and NE India; widespread winter visitor. Male has black head. white patch on neck, orange breast. and whitish rump (features obscured in fresh plumage). Female as streaked upperparts and orange on breast and rump. Tail darker than in female White-tailed. Four rather similar subspecies occur. S. t. ptl8VB/skii (not illustrated). a winter visitor to N and NE. is perhaps the most distinctive. being larger and having underparts almost entirely deep rufous - orange on both sexes. Vcioe Calls include hwHt and hard tsak. Summers in open country with bushes. in cluding high - altitude semi-desert; winters in scrub, reedbeds and cultivation.
Colour
WhiteBlackOrange
Average size
12.8 cm
Habitat
Summers in open country with bushes. in cluding high - altitude semi-desert, winters in scrub, reedbeds and cultivation.
Behaviour
Breeds Wand N Pakistan. Himalayas and NE India, widespread winter visitor., as streaked upperparts and orange on breast and rump. Tail darker than in female White-tailed. Four rather similar subspecies occur. S. t. ptl8VB/skii (not illustrated). a winter visitor to N and NE. is perhaps the most distinctive. being larger and having underparts almost entirely deep rufous - orange on both sexes. Vcioe Calls include hwHt and hard tsak.
About this bird
Breeds Wand N Pakistan. Himalayas and NE India; widespread winter visitor. Male has black head. white patch on neck, orange breast. and whitish rump (features obscured in fresh plumage). Female as streaked upperparts and orange on breast and rump. Tail darker than in female White-tailed. Four rather similar subspecies occur. S. t. ptl8VB/skii (not illustrated). a winter visitor to N and NE. is perhaps the most distinctive. being larger and having underparts almost entirely deep rufous - orange on both sexes. Vcioe Calls include hwHt and hard tsak. Summers in open country with bushes. in cluding high - altitude semi-desert; winters in scrub, reedbeds and cultivation.
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