They are considered shy birds and their main food is grass seeds, along with small amounts of grain, rice and various fruits. Like most birds they spend most of their day searching for food. The hen builds a small nest in a tree cavity using blades of grass, leaves and pieces of bark from the tree. She usually lays 4 eggs, and does all of the incubation. Male Madagascars are green with a light grey head that starts at the nape and goes to the breast.
Hens are green overall with the head some what darker .
In captivity the young male's get their grey head feathers as soon as they feather out. So at 3-4 weeks you can tell the males from the hens. They are one of the smallest lovebirds with a length of only 13 cm. Males and females are about the same size and weight about 25 gm. I consider them weaned.