They are typically found singly or in pairs. Forages low in vegetation, while flicking its long tail constantly.
Their food is mainly insects and their larvae; also small spiders and small butterflies. The song is distinctive; a cascading series of twitters following a buzzing introductory note, from top of bush or tall reed.

Observer: Sumanta Pramanick
Species: Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Date & Time: Sept 18, 2019
Location: Fraserganj estuary, South 24 Parganas, WB, India

Observer: Sumanta Pramanick
Species: Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Date & Time: Feb 13, 2020
Location: Jambudwip, South 24 Parganas, WB, India

“Courtship display of Black Headed Munias…Rajarhat, 28.7.20 It was about 7.15 am and a lot of activity was noticeable among the reed beds….baya weavers, prinias, ziting cisticolas, striated grassbirds, pied starling baibies screeching out from almost everywhere, with black and cinnamon Bitterns flying in and out from inside the reeds. This pair alighted right in