Will take small beetles and grubs, especially when raising young. There seems to be no information about breeding and life cycle of this bird in the wild. In general lories are arboreal. They feed, roost and breed in trees, rarely descending to the ground. They nest in holes in trees and usually lay only two eggs.
Incubation is by the female alone.
In all lories the tongue is specially adapted with a brush-like tip composed of elongated papillae which enable the birds to collect pollen and press it into a form suitable for swallowing. They also collect nectar with their tongues. As a result of their feeding habits, lories play a major role in the pollination of trees and other flowering plants. Two birds of undetermined sex in the Children's Zoo. Unknown, but as many lories including the Blue-streaked, are island species, habitat destruction, especially in Indonesia, threatens them.