Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species may have survived as recently as the late 18th century, but became Extinct most likely as a result of over-hunting and predation by invasive mammals.
Population justification
None remain.
Eclectus infectus was described by D. W. Steadman (2006a) from bones found at archaeological (late Holocene) and paleontological (late Pleistocene) sites on three islands in Tonga, and presumably relates to a drawing of a parrot from the Malaspina expedition to Vava’u, Tonga in 1793 (Steadman 2006b, Olson 2006), soon after which time it presumably became extinct. It may possibly have also occurred on Vanuatu and Fiji (Hume and Walters 2012).
Nothing directly relating to the habits of this lost species is known.
This species was presumably driven to extinction by overhunting and predation from introduced mammals (Hume 2017).
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Contributors
Martin, R., Symes, A. & Taylor, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Oceanic Eclectus Eclectus infectus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/oceanic-eclectus-eclectus-infectus on 24/11/2024.
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 24/11/2024.