Common breeding resident bird of weed
covered tanks and marshes in the low country. It lives as scattered flocks
walking on the floating vegetation using their long toes and claws. It has a cat-like
high-pitch mew, mew…. loud call and hence the Sinhala name Balal
Sera. It feeds on seeds of varies water plants, grains and some aquatic
insects, shrimps etc.. Breeding season is from February to July and nest,
usually a water-logged pile of weeds among lotus leaves where it lays 3-4 bronze
brown color eggs.
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