In the nominate subspecies, the adult male has a red forehead and cheeks, blue above and in front of the eye, and an orange-yellow band on the hindcrown. Ficus seeds are its main wild food.
In adult male C. d. diophthalma, the forehead and cheeks are red, blue lies above and in front of the eye, and an orange-yellow band crosses the hindcrown. The female has buff-brown cheeks.
In the wild, it mainly eats Ficus seeds, along with small fruits, nectar, and insects. It nests in tree hollows.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.