▁their ▁strong ▁feet ▁and ▁powerful ▁b ills ▁to ▁eat ▁small , ▁struct ur ally - un protected ▁fruit ▁under ▁ 1 0 mm ▁in ▁diameter . ▁ ▁They ▁also ▁eat ▁large , ▁struct ur ally - un protected ▁fruit ▁between ▁ 1 3 - 2 1 mm ▁in ▁diameter . ▁Their ▁bright ▁green ▁pl um age ▁may ▁prevent ▁them ▁from ▁joining ▁for aging ▁f lock s ▁of ▁brown ▁and ▁black ▁colored ▁birds ▁in ▁the ▁rain for est . ▁In ▁one ▁observation ▁from ▁Cook town , ▁Australia ▁a ▁lady ▁stated ▁that ▁sp otted ▁cat bird s ▁become ▁very ▁bold ▁during ▁cum qu at ▁season ▁and ▁were ▁observed ▁feed ing ▁alongside ▁h one ye aters ▁on ▁mand ar ins ▁in ▁a ▁nearby ▁site . ▁They ▁eat ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁pal ms , ▁wild ▁fig s , ▁ber ries ▁from ▁the ▁st ing ing ▁tree ▁and ▁all ▁kinds ▁of ▁soft ▁fruit . ▁Sp otted ▁cat bird s ▁will ▁also ▁eat ▁be et les ▁and ▁insect s ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁new ▁bud s ▁and ▁sho ots ▁of ▁f ern s . ▁The ▁adult s ▁and ▁nest lings ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁observed ▁feed ing ▁on ▁cic adas ▁with ▁parents ▁and ▁adult s ▁feed ing ▁cic adas ▁to ▁nest lings . ▁Sp otted ▁cat bird s ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁photograph ed ▁attack ing ▁n ests ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁and ▁have ▁even ▁been ▁observed ▁feed ing ▁nest lings ▁taken ▁from ▁n ests ▁to ▁their ▁young . ▁In ▁one ▁study , ▁the ▁im print s ▁from ▁the ▁bill ▁closely ▁res