Birds of New Caledonia
New Caledonia hosts 109 regularly occurring species in this directory, 13 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- 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
- Large Lifou White-eyeZosterops inornatus
All regular species
- 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
- South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
- Goliath Imperial PigeonDucula goliath
- Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica
- New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi
- New Caledonian CrowCorvus moneduloides
- New Caledonian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica
- New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica
- Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- 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
- New Caledonian CuckooshrikeEdolisoma anale
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- 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
- Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Providence PetrelPterodroma solandri
- Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.