This species was rediscovered on Anjouan (= Ndzuani) in the Comoro Islands in June 1992, after an absence of records dating back to 1886. At least several tens of pairs, probably 100-200 pairs, were estimated to survive in 1999⁵, and although a survey in 1995 produced a maximum estimate of only 96 individuals², differences between these two estimates may be due to sampling techniques. Surveys in 2006 similarly found the bird to be abundant in suitable habitat and encouragingly found individuals in degraded habitats down to 300m, and it has also been sighted at sea level^6,7 This survey estimates the population to be somewhere between the two previous estimates at 50-100 pairs⁷. Preliminary results from survey work begun in 2010 suggest that the species may be frequent in degraded forest, with habitat modelling giving a potential range of 93.4 km²: the total population may be significantly higher than previously thought, however further work is needed to confirm this^8,9.