Birds of New Caledonia

Endemic to New Caledonia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Green-backed White-eyeZosterops xanthochroa
• New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis
• Striated StarlingAplonis striata
• Goliath Imperial PigeonDucula goliath
• New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica
• Yellow-bellied FlyrobinCryptomicroeca flaviventris
• Barred HoneyeaterGliciphila undulata
• Horned ParakeetEunymphicus cornutus
• KaguRhynochetos jubatus
• Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittacea
• New Caledonian ParakeetCyanoramphus saisseti
• New Caledonian CuckooshrikeEdolisoma anale
• Crow HoneyeaterGymnomyza aubryana
• Small Lifou White-eyeZosterops minutus
• New Caledonian ThicketbirdCincloramphus mariae
• Large Lifou White-eyeZosterops inornatus

All regular species

• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Grey-eared HoneyeaterLichmera incana
• Green-backed White-eyeZosterops xanthochroa
• Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
• Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis
• New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis
• Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
• Striated StarlingAplonis striata
• Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
• Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
• Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
• Goliath Imperial PigeonDucula goliath
• White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
• Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica
• New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi
• New Caledonian CrowCorvus moneduloides
• New Caledonian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica
• Yellow-bellied FlyrobinCryptomicroeca flaviventris
• Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
• Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
• SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Barred HoneyeaterGliciphila undulata
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Horned ParakeetEunymphicus cornutus
• Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
• KaguRhynochetos jubatus
• White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
• Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittacea
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
• Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
• Southern ShrikebillClytorhynchus pachycephaloides
• New Caledonian ParakeetCyanoramphus saisseti
• Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
• New Caledonian CuckooshrikeEdolisoma anale
• Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• Red-bellied Fruit DovePtilinopus greyi
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Crow HoneyeaterGymnomyza aubryana
• Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
• Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
• Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
• Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
• Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
• Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Small Lifou White-eyeZosterops minutus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
• Wandering TattlerTringa incana
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Grey TealAnas gracilis
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• New Caledonian ThicketbirdCincloramphus mariae
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
• Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Large Lifou White-eyeZosterops inornatus
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Ouvea ParakeetEunymphicus uvaeensis
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
• Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
• Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
• Melanesian WhistlerPachycephala chlorura
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Fairy TernSternula nereis
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
• Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
• HardheadAythya australis
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Masked LapwingVanellus miles
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
• Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Providence PetrelPterodroma solandri
• Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
• White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
• Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Grey NoddyAnous albivitta
• Vanuatu Streaked FantailRhipidura spilodera
• Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Karimui Owlet-nightjarAegotheles terborghi
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Eastern Grass OwlTyto longimembris
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida