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Polytypic
Local Names:
Lal Gouriya (Hindi); Pichi
(Dafla)
Size:
15 cm (6 in)
Description:
Male, Unmistakable,
with rufous-chestnut crown and upperparts,
dingy pale |
yellowish head sides and the centre of abdomen,
narrow black bib and prominent white wing-bar.
Mantle streaked blackish, breast and flanks
greyish. Female, Above,
brown streaked with dark brown on back.
A conspicuous whitish supercilium and white
wing-bars. Below, pale
yellowish ashy.
Call: Call
Chilp...chip similar to House
Sparrow but softer and more musical
Status & Distribution:
P. r. cinnamomeus (Gould) Common
resident, subject to vertical movements.
The Himalayas, from Chitral to Kashmir
Valley, east through Arunachal Pradesh.
P. r. intensior Nagaland, Manipur,
Cachar, Khasi and Mizo hills. It is distributed
between 2400m to 500m.
Habitat: Affects light
forests of Oak, Rhododendron, Alder etc.
terraced cultivation in vicinity of villages.
In winter seen in barley fields. It replaces
the House Sparrow at places.
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