Rather common breeding resident in lowland
tanks, marshes and such water bodies while much common in the dry zone and less in
wet zone. It is also known as rare breeding resident of higher hills (Warakagoda
D. et. al. 2012). It lives as small flocks though solitary birds are sometime
seen. Little grebe’s diet consists of small fish, various water insects and
prawns. It breeds from December to February and probably again in June. The
nest is a floating mass of water weeds where it lays three white eggs.
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