Hypocolius Photo Gallery

Hypocolius

Diet

The Hypocolius diet is mainly fruits and seeds, sometimes young leaves and flowers of Lycium Shawii (my personal observation), but during the breeding season, also insects and beetles. In the deserts of Arabia, they mainly feed in groups on the berries of Lycium shawii and Zizyphus nummularia bushes. In cities and towns where there are date palm trees, they feed on dates that are left uncultivated, while on farms such in Abdaly, they feed on Zizyphus spina-christi, the cultivated form of the Zizyphus nummularia tree. In the evening they are noted to roost in large flocks, up to 200 were counted, on dense trees on farms and in parks, especially near the coasts. They are doing well at the moment, as of date palm trees are grown in Abdali and Wafra Farms on a vast stretch of land. while in towns and cities date palm trees are planted as ornamental trees along the roads, being uncultivated is a bonus for all fruit-loving bird species, that is the wintering Hypocolius and resident bulbuls.

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