Common breeding resident in home gardens, cultivation and other wooded areas avoiding dense forests from lowlands to mid
hills. It feeds almost entirely on
fruits including berries of some ornamental garden plants. Mating call of male bird can be heard
frequently during Sinhala new year season which happen to be start of its
breeding season which last from April to August. It is a parasitic bird and female bird lays eggs mainly on two species of crows (Jungle Crow and House Crow) and sometime
of babblers nests.
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