Ebi yii tobi pupo, leekookan, won maa n pin won si awon molebi meji, Phasianinae, ati Perdicinae.. 
Ìyípo yìí jẹ́  ipóyì ìbáṣepọ̀ kẹ́míkà àgọ́ ara àkọ́kọ́ tí wọ́n máa kọ́kọ́ ṣàwárí (Hans Krebs àti Kurt Hensele, 1932), ní ọdún marún sẹ́yìn kí wọ́n tó ṣàwárí ìyípo TCA.. 