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Freshwater
marshes.
These birds do not dive for fish, but forage on the wing picking up
items at or near the water's surfaceor catching insects in flight. They
mainly eat insects and fish as well as amphibians.
They have short dark legs and a short, weak-looking black bill,
measuring 27 mm , nearly as long as the head, slender
and
slightly decurved. They have a dark grey back, with a white forewing,
black
head, neck (occasionally suffused with grey in the adult) and belly,
black or blackish-brown cap (which unites in color with the ear
coverts, forming an almost complete hood), and a light brownish-grey,
'square' tail. The face is white. There is a big dark triangular patch
in front of the eye, and a broadish white collar in juveniles.
May, on spring passage, and from July to September on autumn passage.
2 - 4.
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