Birds of New Caledonia
113 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Grey-eared HoneyeaterLichmera incana
Green-backed White-eyeZosterops xanthochroa
Goliath Imperial PigeonDucula goliath
New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis
Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis
New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica
New Caledonian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica
New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Yellow-bellied FlyrobinCryptomicroeca flaviventris
Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica
South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
New Caledonian CrowCorvus moneduloidesMost recorded
Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis
Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
Striated StarlingAplonis striata
Horned ParakeetEunymphicus cornutus
Barred HoneyeaterGliciphila undulata
KaguRhynochetos jubatus
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
Southern ShrikebillClytorhynchus pachycephaloides
Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
White-bellied GoshawkTachyspiza haplochroaHotspots with the most records
- Parc de la Rivière Bleue86 species
- Parc des Grandes Fougères74 species
- Mont Koghi78 species
- Noumea76 species
- Refugio de Farino64 species
- Noumea – Parc Forestier71 species
- La Foa66 species
- Route du Kaori Géant, Province Sud, NC (-22,109, 166,691)41 species
- Noumea – Anse Vata vicinity52 species
- Parc les Grandes Fougéres – access road59 species
All species recorded · 113
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis
- White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi
- Cloven-feathered Dove Ptilinopus holosericea
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Goliath Imperial Pigeon Ducula goliath
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Grey Noddy Anous albivitta
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
- Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
- Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes
- Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-bellied Goshawk Tachyspiza haplochroa
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Horned Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus
- New Caledonian Parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Barred Honeyeater Gliciphila undulata
- New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica
- New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis
- Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana
- Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana
- Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica
- New Caledonian Cuckooshrike Edolisoma anale
- Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga
- New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi
- Southern Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides
- Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica
- New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides
- Yellow-bellied Flyrobin Cryptomicroeca flaviventris
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- New Caledonian Thicketbird Cincloramphus mariae
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa
- Striated Starling Aplonis striata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Red-throated Parrotfinch Erythrura psittacea
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild