This large parrot lives in South African mountain forests. It uses its large bill to crack the hard kernels of yellowwood fruit while they are still unripe.
It has a very large bill that can crack hard nuts and fruit kernels to reach their contents.
It feeds mainly on the kernels of yellowwood fruit while they are still green and hard. This allows it to use them before other fruit-eating birds feed on the ripe fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.