Diet and Foraging

Food Capture and Consumption

Forages in canopy and subcanopy, moving in slow, methodical manner. Seen to pluck berry from fruiting branch by reaching out; creeps along branches in canopy, using bill to probe and pick at moss or lichens. Once seen to wipe bill on a branch. Observed mostly in pairs, also in groups of three or four individuals, and sometimes singly; single birds occasionally forage with other frugivores, including Chestnut-tipped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus derbianus), Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata), becards (Pachyramphus) of the “Platypsaris group,” and mixed groups of Tangara tanagers.

Major Foods Items

Appears to be largely frugivorous, like other capitonids (Capitonidae); seen to consume berries. Stomach contents consisted mostly of vegetable matter (probably fruit), with a few insects.

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