They forage on the ground in vegetation, mainly eating insects, especially grasshoppers, and seeds.
You must have gone to a different survival school than I did, My instructor was big on eating grasshoppers and slugs.
There was one, she recalled, when he served some candy and then announced to his friends that they had just eaten chocolate-covered grasshoppers.
The Striped Kingfisher eats mostly grasshoppers followed by other large insects.
The crew burst out laughing at the thought of eating grasshoppers.
They have also been observed eating termites, grasshoppers, ants and beetles.
It eats green plants, plant roots, seeds, and grasshoppers and beetles.
They may also eat grasshoppers, birds' eggs, and even fruit and berries.
They eat cicada, grasshoppers, and other crop-damaging insects, making them economically important.
After losing the challenge, Yaxha found themselves desperately finding for food, having reduced to eat ants, grasshoppers and minnows.