 Habitat includes riparian vegetation amongst or adjacent to eucaplypt forest, although this is apparently dependent on the nearby presence of a taller forest ecology and the species is noted as disappearing when native tree species are replaced by pine plantations.They often occur in locations containing the sedge "Lepidosperma tetraquetrum" and sheoak species "Allocasuarina fraseriana" as the seed of these plants is a favoured part of their diet.The common habitat, karri forest, is dominated by eucalypts, the tree species karri is interspersed with stands of jarrah and marri and Boorin favour the dense thickets below these giant trees.