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Ultramarine lorikeet

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316: 105: 31: 63: 312:, the ultramarine lorikeet became extinct on Fatu Hiva, Ua Pu, and Nuku Hiva by 2008. Nowadays, the rare bird only remains on Ua Huka. On Ua Huka, the population is estimated to be at about 1,000-2,499 individual birds. 836: 663: 702: 257: 861: 385:
which has greatly decreased its population since its introduction to Nuku Hiva in 1915. All islands have been devastated by extremely high levels of
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and fire. Most of the original dry forest has been reduced to grassland, and terrible damage has been caused to upland forests as well.
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in the Marquesas Islands. However, due to heavy deforestation and predation by the invasive
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The ultramarine lorikeet is greatly threatened by the predation from the
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During the 1970s, the bird was still prevalent on its natural range of
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from various flowering trees. It seems to prefer flowers of the
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has also had large impact in the decline of its population.
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Little else is little known about this rare species.
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Vini ultramarina - Ua Huka - Hane - Marquesas Islands
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Vini peruviana
Conservation status
Critically Endangered
IUCN 3.1
CITES
CITES
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Psittaciformes
Psittaculidae
Vini
Binomial name
Kuhl
parrot
Psittaculidae
endemic
Marquesas Islands
habitats
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
montane forest
plantations
critically endangered
black rat
deforestation
Fatu Hiva

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