[3][6] This species favours dense coastal heathland, wet or dry sclerophyll forests, woodlands and some mallee areas.

[2][3] Habitats with dense shrub layers and foliage, including native species such as Banksia, Acacia, Melaleuca or Leptospermum, allow these cautious birds to find cover.

[4] Unlike the common bronzewing, feeding doesn't occur in small flocks, usually with birds foraging singly or in pairs.

[4][8] Also similarly to that species, the brush bronzewing drinks at dawn or dusk, approaching watering holes cautiously after landing a short distance away.

[4] Birds tend to reside within their local habitats, with no long distance banding recoveries being and no large scale migrations apparent.

Like several other species, it appears to have increased toxicity to non-native mammalian predators due to feeding on Gastrolobium plants, which may contribute to the maintenance of biodiversity in south-west Western Australia.