New Caledonia's most wanted

The sole remaining specimen of New Caledonian Lorikeet: a female preserved in the Paris Museum of Natural History. Photo: Nigel Collar/BirdLifeA number of the world's birds have seemingly vanished from existence, with no reliable sightings for a number of years. This article focuses on two such enigmatic inhabitants of New Caledonia in the Pacific, one of which will be the subject of renewed search efforts following funding from the 2006 British Birdwatching Fair (Saving the Endangered Parrots of the Pacific).

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