Diet and Foraging

Known from only a few published anecdotal observations.

Main Food Items

Basically unknown, but probably a variety of seeds and small fruit (1 Clement, P., A. Harris, and J. Davis (1993). Finches and Sparrows: An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Food Capture and Consumption

Forages low down in bushes or other vegetation, and on the ground, forages individually or in small groups of fewer than ten. Also recorded as foraging on flowers of a large terrestrial orchid (1 Clement, P., A. Harris, and J. Davis (1993). Finches and Sparrows: An Identification Guide. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Major Food Items

The only published datum refers to an individual feeding on seeds of Strobilanthes cenua in forest undergrowth (34 van Balen, S., C. Trainor, and R. Noske (2015). Around the archipelago. Kukila 18(2):88–117. Close ).

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