Little ringed plover is a resident bird of marshes, mud-flats, drying
tanks and paddy fields, sand banks etc. of the dry zone coastal areas supplemented
by race curonicus during winter migrations. Occasionally it is recorded from Colombo and near by marshy areas like Kotte and
Bellanwila-Attidiya, probably of migrant race. It feeds on varies small animals
taken from dry ground or shallow water. Often feed as scattered flocks and when
alarmed mass together and fly in a dashing manner. It breeds from May to July on
gravely shores, sand dunes or islets of large tanks. Usually three stone
colored eggs are laid in a small hollow scraped in a gravel bank.
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