The Red-throated Lorikeet (Charmosyna amabilis) is IUCN Critically Endangered in the wild due to predation by introduced mammals, and logging and road clearance.

In 2001, the World Parrot Trust funded a population survey to determine the status of the Red-throated Lorikeet. Working closely with the National Trust for Fiji, the WPT sent Dr Kirsty Swinnerton, previously with the Mauritius Echo Parakeet team, to carry out a preliminary survey. She reported back that a search for the Red-throated Lorikeet would be a priority, a six-month project that was completed. A subsequent survey in 2003 also failed to find any birds. In 2010, there were plans to include local communities in the Tomaniivi IBA, where people have reported seeing the birds occasionally, in the effort to locate the last known birds. It was also not sighted during continuing surveys in the highlands of Viti Levu (Monasavu/Nadarivatu) and Sovi Basin (V. Masibalavu in litt. 2012).