 Observed feeding on "Clusia criuva" where presumed adults pluck the fruit from the tree snipping the stalk with their bills and carry the fruit to a more secure location on a firmer branch where they open the fruitwith their bill wedging it against the branch prising the seeds out with their tongue; they do not use their feet at any time in the feeding process as some other "psittacids" do.Some individuals that were presumed to be young birds were seen to eat the fruits in "situ" and did not pluck them.Breeding is suspected to occur from September to October.