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Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2023	Least Concern
2016	Near Threatened	C1
2012	Near Threatened	C1
2008	Near Threatened	C1
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	nomadic	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	24 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	102,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	3.2 years	-	-	-
Number of subpopulations	7-20	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	1-89%	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common above 1000 m on Bougainville, Kolombangara and Guadalcanal, but rarer on other islands (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Dutson 2011, Collar and Boesman 2021). Buckingham et al. (1990) recorded 17 contacts/km² in old-growth hill forest, 220 in primary montane forest (> about 500 m) and 640 in primary moss forest (> about 1200 m) on Kolombangara, and flocks of 3–8+ were recorded daily above 1,450 m at Kukupi, Bougainville (Woxvold and Novera 2021). The population likely numbers above 10,000 mature individuals (G. Dutson in litt. 2023).

Trend justification: There are no data on population trends, however forest loss is low within the range, equivalent to c.2% within the ten years to 2021 (Global Forest Watch 2022, using Hansen et al. [2013] data and methods disclosed therein). In the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats, the species is suspected to be stable overall.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Papua New Guinea	extant	native	yes
Solomon Islands	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Solomon Islands	East Makira
Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal Watersheds
Solomon Islands	Kolombangara Upland Forest
Solomon Islands	Malaita Highlands

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1000 - 1200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	0 - 1700 m

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Biological resource use	Logging & wood harvesting - Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale) [harvest]	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Negligible declines		Low Impact: 4
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Meek's Lorikeet Charmosyna meeki. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/meeks-lorikeet-charmosyna-meeki on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.