Breeding

Very few data. Nest undescribed; although a nest of subspecies keiense with two fresh eggs was found on the Kai Islands, in mid October, no details have ever been published (16 Johnstone, R. E., and S. (B.) van Balen (2013). The birds of the Kai and Tayandu Islands, Maluku region, Indonesia. Western Australian Naturalist 29(1):11–56. Close ); Hartert (1 Hartert, E. J. O. (1903). On the birds of the Key and South-East Islands, and of Ceram-laut. Novitates Zoologicae 10(3):232–254. Close ) reported a pullus being collected on the same group at the end of October. No further information.