Diet and Foraging

Very few data or even anecdotal descriptions pertain to this species specifically; however, these aspects of the species’ life history are assumed to be similar to those of other Pteruthius.

Food Capture and Consumption

Found singly or in pairs, which often join mixed-species flocks in the mid-canopy (18 Andrew, P. (1985). An annotated checklist of the birds of the Cibodas-Gunung Gede Nature Reserve. Kukila 2(1):10–28. Close , 19 Putra, G. G., A. Mardiatuti, and Y. A. Mulyani (2020). Mixed flocks of insectivorous birds in Gunung GedePangrango National Park, West Java, Indonesia. Earth and Environmental Science 457:012017. Close ). Like other shrike-babblers, its movements are comparatively slow and sluggish.

Major Food Items

Not specifically described, however the species is likely to forage on fruits and small insects.