They will take apple or other soft fruits. Green food is essential especially during the breeding season. Thistle heads, haif-ripe seedheads and various broad leaf greens such as Comfrey, Lettuce or Silverbeet are all relished. The broad leaf greens are best chopped into shreds before feeding. Of the Termites, Mealworms and Gentles offered, they have a definite preference for Mealworms.
Live food is also essential during the breeding season.
Plain cake or Egg and Biscuit Mix are both important foods when the Large Singers are feeding chicks. Grit and fresh water should always be available. The nest is cup-shaped, the outside structure comprising Coconut fibre, small twigs, grasses, leaves and hessian. The nest is then lined with feathers, cotton wool, leaves and other soft material.