Wild Diet: Top 5 Photos of the Week

June 17, 2021

The diets (Wild Diet) of individual animal species are known to be extremely diverse. So the diet of animals is split into three groups such as herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. Herbivorous animals are vegetarians, they survive on plants, fruits, leaves and other natural plant food sources alone.

So in this post let’s see the Top 5 photos of the week of Wild Diet.

Weekly Feature (31-May 06-June 2021): Wild Diet

Click by Abdul Rahman Kasim — Abdul Rahman Kasim

Rhesus macaques are Asian, Old World monkeys. Their natural range includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Southeast Asia, and China. This wild feed feature photo has photographed in local parks of Tamil Nadu.

The breeding male is a metallic blue and purple overall with maroon feathers on the breast. The female is olive above and yellow below. The nonbreeding male of this species is primarily olive-brown with blackish upperparts and yellow underparts with blue-black band running down the throat and chest. Females can be distinguished from female Purple-rumped Sunbirds by its yellow (not grayish) throat. Seen in pairs, feeding chiefly on nectar, but they also take insects. Breeding males display by fluttering their wings in front of females while singing. They are found in gardens, cultivated areas, and forests.

This wild diet photo has photographed in Kolkata,West Bengal,India.

Click by Sumit Kumar Sum — Sumit Kumar Sum

This Shikra was perched on a high perch on a Eucalyptus tree. But it saw the lizard from a distance.
It swooped below and caught hold of the lizard in a fizzy and picked it up from its throat.
The lizard fought a lot but that was not enough when compared with the power of the raptor.
This wild diet photo has photographed in Jai Prakash Udyan, Bhagalpur.

Click by Thamizhselvan Muthulingam — தமிழ்ச்செல்வன் முத்துலிங்கம்

Loten’s sunbird, also known as the long-billed sunbird or maroon-breasted sunbird, is a sunbird endemic to peninsular India and Sri Lanka.

This wild diet photo has photographed in Panampattu Lake, Villupuram.

Click by Dipen Govindji Shah — Dipen Govindji Shah

The oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a pocket-sized bird in the family Alcedinidae. This tropical kingfisher is a partial migrant that is endemic across much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This amazing photo has photographed in Panvel Near Mumbai.

Final words:

So thank you to all the photographers who have submitted photos in the Wild Diet theme with the #pwc_diet hashtag. Your pictures can create awareness about the variety and beauty of wildlife in our environment. So feel free to share it on your social media.

We have featured these photos from our Facebook Group. Next week, you can be the one here, for that, Please join the group and follow the Weekly Challenge Rule.

Also See: Top 5 photos of the week of theme Wild camouflage