Two years after its disappearance, rare bird returns to Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve

Merge 104.8  |  02 July 2020

The Environment Conservation Office at the Diwan of Royal Court has announced that it has recorded the return of the cream-coloured courser to the Al Wusta Wildlife Reserve.

The office said in a press release that the species was last spotted in the area two years ago.

Photo credits: Oman News Agency

Locally known as ‘darraj’, the species is widely prevalent in the Arabian Peninsula.

As per ONA, the cream-coloured coursers live in semi-desert, pebble lands that have little vegetation and, also, near grasslands and farmed areas, feeding on insects such as locusts, and ants.

Source: ONA

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