[6] Studies of potential nesting success on the two islands showed that future reintroductions to Lifou would fail unless the ship rat population is controlled.

Collection for the pet trade not only reduces the number of birds but the collection method, which involves cutting trees open to get at the chicks, renders the nesting sites useless for future breeding attempts and lack of breeding cavities may be limiting the population.

The parakeet is listed in Appendix I of CITES and the IUCN considers the conservation status as Vulnerable.

[1] This species is threatened because of low numbers, a limited home range and habitat loss.

However, in recent years, community involvement in saving the species have contributed to significant gains in increasing the Ouvea parakeet population from an estimated 617 in 1993 to 2,090 in 2009.