On Vava'u, it may have survived into historic times because among the drawings which were created in 1793 during Alessandro Malaspina's Pacific expedition, there is one sketch which appears to portray an Oceanic Eclectus Parrot.
Alessandro Manzoni | Alessandro Volta | Alessandro Scarlatti | Alessandro Farnese | Alessandro Mendini | Alessandro Ballan | Alessandro Safina | Alessandro Del Piero | Alessandro Cagliostro | Alessandro Baricco | Alessandro | Alessandro Ripellino | Alessandro Magnasco | Alessandro Gherardini | Alessandro Barsanti | Alessandro Vespignani | Alessandro Talotti | Alessandro Riguccini | Alessandro Peretti di Montalto | Alessandro Pasqualini | Alessandro Mussolini | Alessandro Malaspina | Alessandro Haber | Alessandro Grandi | Alessandro Galilei | Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) | Alessandro Deljavan | Alessandro Cesarini | Alessandro Bonci | Alessandro Barnabò |
It was named in 1791 by Alessandro Malaspina for Thaddäus Haenke, who was serving as botanist and naturalist with Malaspina's expedition.