An uncommon breeding resident inhabiting
tank edges, marshes, open grasslands, paddy fields etc. of low country dry zone.
Usually seen as pairs though large aggregation of birds can be occurred when
large water bodies are drying up. It feeds on fish, frogs, snails and insects
such as large grasshoppers and some water insects. It breeds in February to
March. The isolated nest (Unlike breeding colonies of some other storks and herons) is a
large mass of sticks place high in a tree in the heart of the jungle.
