Ramos' work, and that of other researchers after him, helped show that the bird was a disperser of the spores of several native fern species and, hence, plays an important role in the natural regeneration of the forest.
拉莫斯以及他之后的其他研究人员的工作帮助表明,这种鸟是几种本地蕨类植孢子的传播者,因此在森林的自然更新中发挥着重要作用。