Family: Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)

Authority: (Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Critically Endangered because it is believed to have a very small population, almost confined to one area in the south-east of New Caledonia. Its population is assumed to be declining because of forest degradation largely through an increase in anthropogenic fires.

BirdLife Species Guardian: Société Calédonienne d’Ornithologie (SCO)

Population size: 50-249 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 9,900 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial