Food is taken by gleaning and clambering through branches to look under leaves as typical for tanagers (Isler & Isler 1987); the birds do not hang down from branches like titmice (Bauer et al. 2000, Venturini et al. 2005).
Food is gathered by foraging and climbing through branches to search under leaves, a characteristic behavior of tanagers (Isler & Isler 1987); unlike titmice, the birds do not hang from branches like them (Bauer et al. 2000, Venturini et al. 2005).