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Pouembout
This checklist includes all bird species found in Pouembout , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Pouembout [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Number of introduced species: 6
Last modified: 2023-04-09
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| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| New Caledonian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula goliath | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Cloven-feathered Dove | Drepanoptila holosericea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Kagu | Rhynochetos jubatus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles savesi | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| New Caledonian Rail | Gallirallus lafresnayanus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | |
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| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Extirpated |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
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| Painted Buttonquail | Turnix varius | |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Grey Noddy | Procelsterna albivitta | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| White-bellied Goshawk | Accipiter haplochrous | Endemic (country/region) |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
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| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Long-horned Parakeet | Eunymphicus cornutus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-crowned Parakeet | Cyanoramphus saisseti | Endemic (country/region) |
| New Caledonian Lorikeet | Charmosyna diadema | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Barred Honeyeater | Glycifohia undulata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Scarlet Myzomela | Myzomela sanguinolenta | |
| Grey-eared Honeyeater | Lichmera incana | |
| Crow Honeyeater | Gymnomyza aubryana | Endemic (country/region) |
| New Caledonian Friarbird | Philemon diemenensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Fan-tailed Gerygone | Gerygone flavolateralis | |
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| Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| New Caledonian Cicadabird | Edolisoma anale | Endemic (country/region) |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
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| New Caledonian Whistler | Pachycephala caledonica | |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| New Caledonian Crow | Corvus moneduloides | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Melanesian Myiagra | Myiagra caledonica | |
| Southern Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides | |
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| Yellow-bellied Robin | Cryptomicroeca flaviventris | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax | Introduced species |
| Red-throated Parrotfinch | Erythrura psittacea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| New Caledonian Thicketbird | Megalurulus mariae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Green-backed White-eye | Zosterops xanthochroa | Endemic (country/region) |
| Silver-eye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Striated Starling | Aplonis striata | Endemic (country/region) |
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