Behaviour
The Sind Sparrow is gregarious, generally forming small groups of four to six birds while feeding and at breeding colonies. During winter, the non-breeding season, it forms larger flocks of as many as 30 birds, and joins flocks with other seed-eating birds. The Sind Sparrow feeds mainly on the seeds of grasses and other plants such as Polygonum plebeium. Flocks forage on flats alongside rivers, flying into nearby bushes and continuing to forage when disturbed. The nesting season is April to September and it builds its nests in the upper branches of thorny trees or the ends of thin branches hanging over water. The nest is an untidy dome of grass and it may sometimes build below the nests of egrets or extend the nest of a Baya Weaver or Pied Myna. Both the male and female take part in nest building and incubation.
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