The New Caledonian Lorikeet (Charmosyna diadema) has not been reliably reported since 1976.

In 2002, WPT funded the research of a team in New Caledonia charged with locating the lorikeet, and if not found, studying two other species, the New Caledonian Parakeet and the Horned Parakeet.

This lorikeet has not been located despite consistent efforts in interviewing local people for sightings and surveying different island areas.  Funding was made available to carry on surveys and studies until 2011. Two recent reviews of the species’ situation discovered that the Mt Panié massif reserve be upgraded to a special faunal and floral reserve, with Colnett and Ignambi mountains to the north added to form one continuous section of forest.