Their nests are difficult to find since the eggs are cryptically coloured and usually matches the ground pattern. In residential areas, they sometimes take to nesting on roof-tops.They have been recorded nesting on the stones between the rails of a railway track, the adult leaving the nest when trains passed. Like other lapwings, they soak their belly feathers to provide water to their chicks as well as to cool the eggs during hot weather.
In parts of India, a local belief is that the bird sleeps on its back with the legs upwards and an associated Hindi metaphor Tithiri se asman thama jayega ("can the lapwing support the heavens?") is used to refer to persons undertaking tasks beyond their ability or strength.
