Anyway it seems that it is more specialist than the other known Parrot Finch species, and that the main diet is seeds and flesh from the figs. The Royals have food competition from different species of Fruit Doves which also are feeding in the same trees as the Royals and of course it is the Royal which is the smallest and loses the game to the Doves, and will leave the feeding place first. I will say the Royal Parrot Finch on Vanuatu is in danger of becoming extinct, and maybe already within the next 10-20 years, and something has to be done before it's too late. The Royal Parrot Finch was only found on four islands in 1998, by the group. But 30 years ago it was found on 12 different islands.
Every year there are big hurricanes which ruin the landscape and the feeding trees.
The competition from Fruit Doves, which also feed on the same fruits, makes it difficult for the Royal Parrot Finch, and when the hurricanes damage the important fig trees, it will be the Royal Parrot Finch which has to be second to eat. They do it for fun and do it for eating. Mike Fidler, Stewart Evans and the rest of us have a conservation plan for saving the Royal Parrot Finch in the wild and making a breeding program in captivity. This new project depends very much on what the government on Vanuatu says. The idea is to import a number of birds into Europe and make a breeding program based on serious breeders.