Psittacula exsul was endemic to forests on Rodrigues, Mauritius¹. It was said to be abundant by Leguat in 1691², but Pingré noted that it was scarce by 1761, and the last record was a bird collected in 1875¹. It seems probable that the last few were wiped out later that year, when the island suffered 'the worst cyclonic season of the 19^th century'¹. Two complete specimens survive, plus various subfossil bones². The species's extinction was presumably caused by a combination of habitat loss and hunting¹.