A study of the bird's ecology and living habits published by the Biology Department at National Taiwan Normal University points out that males have a clear sense of territoriality and will quarrel with each other across a commonly recognized border.
師大生物系發表的鉛色水鶇生態研究報告中指出，它們生活的領域界線分明，彼此會在互相認定的界線兩邊爭吵。