Approximately 5 weeks after hatching, the chicks leave the nest, but remain with their parents to form a family colony. Seeds, grasses, shrubs, trees, fruits, berries, nuts, blossoms, nectar, insects, and their larvae. They feed in silence while on the ground, but when in the trees resume their noisy chatter. This species of rosellas are somewhat temperamental and it takes newly acquired birds time to settle in an aviary setting, and will not settle at all if housed in close proximity to other platycerine species. Unevenly distributed throughout its range.
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