Family: Psittacidae (Parrots)

Authority: Holyoak, 1973

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was known from Mauritius, and possibly Reunion. It persisted into the mid-1700s despite heavily hunting and persecution, but severe deforestation during the 18th century appears to have rapidly driven it to extinction by the end of the 1750s.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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