Found on the margins of lakes and large rivers, marshes, agriculture, wasteland: up to 1,525 m. 31.5-35 cm. Uncommon to common resident throughout SE Asia.
35 cm. In Hindi known as tittibha. While it ranges from Iraq, sw Iran, eastward across South Asia, India, Kashmir and Nepal, these are made up of several sub-species. In Nepal it is the sub-species atronuchalis. Found in wetland habitats.