An uncommon
breeding resident of lagoons, tanks and marshes in low country dry zone. It usually lives as small flocks and feeds communally
in shallow water on small aquatic animals such as tadpoles, dragonfly larva,
etc and also some vegetable matters. It is more active at dusk and during the
day time it spends resting either on an islet in a marsh or perch on a branch
of a tree. The breeding season is from December to March and it nests in
colonies in association with other large herons and egrets, on top of bushes or
on a low branch of a tree near water in a lagoon or swamp. The nest is a pile
of sticks where it lays 2-5 eggs.
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