It is a small waterbird of about 8inches 20cm even smaller than the waterhen. A matured bird have a long black eye patch which blends to its greyish head. The white brow and a white stripe below
It is usually found on vegetated wetlands of ex mining pond, freshwater swampland, marshland and mangrove of peninsula Malaysia. It prefers to stay on water vegetation like water hyacinth and pond weeds. It is not easy bird to spot because of its size and will ducks and run into denser vegetation when approached
At times it will visit padi fields when planting starts. It feeds on the ground hunting for grub, insects and crustachean they find.
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