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Haban
Kukula is a fairly common bird. It spends its life in forest or its outskirts, never
venturing far from cover, though, especially in wet weather, it likes to frequent open
places, such as roadsides or glades.The food of the Haban Kukula consists of grain, weed
seeds, berries, various succulent leaves and buds, and a large proportion of small
animals, such as crickets, centipedes and termites. When nillu flowers and seeds in
up-country jungles, junglefowl migrate to these areas in large numbers to fatten on the
abundant seed.
The
main breeding season is in the first quarter of the year, but often a second clutch is
laid in August-September, and breeding may go on throughout the year. The nest is often a
shallow scrape in the ground, concealded by herbage, at the foot of a tree or beside a
dead log. The eggs number two to four; they are creamy-white, some very finely peppered,
other more boldly but sparingly speckled with brown. They measure about 48 × 35 mm.
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