Male Kori Bustard, Breeding Plumage, Eating Lizard Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Kori Bustards are omnivorous. They forage in bushes and short trees, but mostly pick insects and small reptiles from the ground. Their favourite food are grasshoppers and caterpillars. They are often seen in the company of large herbivores, searching for disturbed insects in the short grass. Kori Bustards will occasionally take the eggs of ground-nesting birds and more rarely, the chicks. Much of their regular food is seeds, but they will also take grass. A particular delicacy for this Bustard is the gum from the Acacia tree. Most of their liquid needs come from what they eat, but occasionally they frequent watering holes or slow streams, to suck up water.