An uncommon winter visitor to the marshes, paddy
fields, Patana lands and open areas throughout the island. However It is more frequent
in dry lowlands. It is also an occasional loiter of the island and according to the Henry probably the commonest harrier that visit Sri Lanka which arrives August to November and spread all over the island, hills and low country alike (Henry G.M., 1988). Its food consists of lizards grasshoppers frogs and small
birds etc. Above picture is of a juvenile bird and adult males have pale grey
upper parts and females are brownish.
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