Natural diet: nectar, flowers, fruits, berries, pollen, seeds, buds, insects and their larvae; causes considerable damage to apple and pear orchards, other cultivated fruit trees and grain fields.

• 吸蜜的食物包含花蜜；花；果；浆果；花粉；种子；芽苞；昆虫及蛹.；有时吸蜜鹦鹉还会破坏人类种植的苹果园