Ten specimens were collected in 1923, but it was last recorded in 1993, although it may also have been seen on Mount Tomanivi on Viti Levu in 2001.
Десять экземпляров были отловлены в 1923 году, последний раз этих попугаев наблюдали в 1993 и, возможно, на Вити-Леву в 2001.