Charmosyna diadema Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860:390

New Caledonian lorikeet

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: before 1860 (Day, 1981:80); 1913 (Sarasin, 1913; Martin et al., 2023)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

The New Caledonian lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema) was originally described based upon two specimens caught before 1860 (Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860). The last known record of this species was in 1913, when a specimen was collected (though apparently not preserved) (Sarasin, 1913). There have been numerous unconfirmed reports since the 1880's and it may conceivably still persist (BirdLife International, 2013).

Distribution

New Caledonia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Verreaux, J. and Des Murs, O. (1860). Description d'oiseaux nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et indication des espéces déjà connues de ce pays. Reveu et Magasin de Zoologie 2(12): 431-443.

Other references:

Berlioz, Jacques. (1945). Les Psittacidés de la Nouvelle Calédonie et des Etablissements Français d'Océanie. L'Oiseau et la Revue française d'Ornithologie 15: 1-9. (in French)

BirdLife International. (2000). Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.

BirdLife International. (2012). Charmosyna diadema. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 22 August 2013.

BirdLife International. (2013). Species factsheet: Charmosyna diadema. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/08/2013.

BirdLife International. 2019. Charmosyna diadema. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22684689A156512185. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22684689A156512185.en. Accessed on 06 July 2022.

Bregulla, H. (1993). Die Papageien Neukaledoniens. Gefiederte Welt 117: 310-3; 349-51; 381-4; 412-6. (in German)

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006). Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126A: 7-24.

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1

Ekstrom, J. M. M.; Jones, J. P. G.; Willis, J.; Isherwood, I. (2000). The humid forests of New Caledonia: biological research and conservation recommendations for the vertebrate fauna of Grande Terre. CSB Conservation Publications, Cambridge, U.K.

Ekstrom, J. M. M.; Jones, J. P. G.; Willis, J.; Tobias, J.; Dutson, G.; Barre, N. (2002). New information on the distribution, status and conservation of terrestrial bird species in Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Emu 102: 197-207.

Forshaw, Joseph M. and Cooper, W. T. (1989). Parrots of the world. Blandford Press, London.

Forshaw, Joseph M. and Knight, Frank. (2017). Vanished and Vanishing Parrots: Profiling Extinct and Endangered Species. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.

Greenway, J. C. (1967). Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World. New York: Dover Publications.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Jaffré, T.; Bouchet, P.; Veillon, J. (1998). Threatened plants of New Caledonia: is the system of protected areas adequate? Biodiversity and Conservation 7(1): 109-135.

Juniper, T. and Parr, M. (1998). Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World. Sussex: Pica Press.

Layard, E. L. and Layard, E. L. C. (1882). Notes on the avifauna of New Caledonia, a catalogue of the birds of the island with remarks by the Rev. Canon Tristram. Ibis 4th Ser. Vol. 6: 493-546.

Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]

Sarasin, Fritz. (1913). Die Vogel Neu-Caledoniens und der Loyalty Inseln. Nova Caledonia, Zoologie 1: 1-78.

Sarasin, Fritz and Roux, Jean. (1913). Nova Caledonia 1. Kreidels, Wiesbaden

Stokes, T. (1980). Notes on the landbirds of New Caledonia. Emu 80: 81-86.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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