It is active at night. On Bangka Island, parents take turns warming the chick and bring it insects.
Bangka Island birds observed in 2014–2015 included black-and-white birds and plainer brown or rufous birds.
At Bangka nests, one parent sheltered the chick beneath its body by day and exchanged care with the other adult in the evening.
The September 2014 nest at Arung Dalam on Bangka stood on a mango branch about 3 m above ground. It was about 7 cm across and made of dry grasses, soft feathers and sticky material.
At Arung Dalam between 23:00 and 02:00 on 29–30 September 2014, both parents brought insects to the chick. Prey included mantises, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers and an American cockroach.
At the Rebo nest on Bangka, the adult raised its head and nape feathers and opened its bill wide in a threat display. The chick sheltered beneath its wing.
The Arung Dalam chick had partly open eyes and emerging feathers on 29 September 2014. Wing feathers were more conspicuous the next day, and its eyes were fully open by 5 October.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.