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It is a drab coloured, plump and squat little waterbird with silky white
underparts, short pointed bill, and no tail. In breeding plumage head and neck
are dark brown and chestnut in colour, upper plumage slightly paler. Both
sexes are alike. It is a good swimmer and expert diver. It vanishes below the
surface with astounding rapidity, leaving scarcely a ripple behind. Its call
consists of a sharp tittering, heard chiefly when the birds are disporting
themselves. It eats aquatic insects and larvae, tadpoles, frogs, crustaceans,
etc., procured by diving and under-water pursuit. Its nesting season ranges
principally between April and October.
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