The masked shining-parrot lives in several nature reserves and parks, where it may receive some protection from deforestation.

They are reddish-brown on the head and orange on the upper chest, but otherwise resemble the Masked Lovebird.

The most serious threat to the masked shining-parrot is the decline of the forests it inhabits, with less than 50 percent of the forests of Viti Levu remaining.

It has been proposed that community-based forest reserves should be encouraged on Viti Levu, to prevent further deforestation, and that the masked shining-parrot’s population numbers in these protected sites should be monitored.