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New Caledonia
This checklist includes all bird species found in New Caledonia , 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 .
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Country or region: New Caledonia [map]
Number of endemics: 28
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of introduced species: 13
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2023-04-09
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/outreMer/988/NCL/tab/especes
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| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Rare/Accidental |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Auckland Islands Teal | Anas aucklandica | Extirpated |
| Brown Teal | Anas chlorotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced species |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Cloven-feathered Dove | Drepanoptila holosericea | Endemic |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula goliath | Endemic |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| New Caledonian Nightjar | Eurostopodus exul | |
| White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | |
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| New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles savesi | Endemic |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| New Caledonian Rail | Gallirallus lafresnayanus | Endemic |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| New Caledonian Gallinule | Porphyrio kukwiedei | Endemic |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| South Island Oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Double-banded Plover | Charadrius bicinctus | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis cucullatus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
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| New Caledonian Buttonquail | Turnix novaecaledoniae | Endemic |
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| Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella | Rare/Accidental |
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| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Gray Noddy | Anous albivitta | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Australian Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Kagu | Rhynochetos jubatus | Endemic |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Rare/Accidental |
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental |
| Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| New Caledonian Storm-Petrel | Fregetta lineata | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | |
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| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Rare/Accidental |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Extirpated |
| Black-backed Bittern | Ixobrychus dubius | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Nankeen Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| New Caledonia Goshawk | Accipiter haplochrous | Endemic |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Horned Parakeet | Eunymphicus cornutus | Endemic |
| Ouvea Parakeet | Eunymphicus uvaeensis | Endemic |
| New Caledonian Parakeet | Cyanoramphus saisseti | Endemic |
| New Caledonian Lorikeet | Vini diadema | Endemic |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| New Caledonian Myzomela | Myzomela caledonica | Endemic |
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
| Barred Honeyeater | Gliciphila undulata | Endemic |
| Dark-brown Honeyeater | Lichmera incana | |
| Crow Honeyeater | Gymnomyza aubryana | Endemic |
| New Caledonian Friarbird | Philemon diemenensis | Endemic |
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| Fan-tailed Gerygone | Gerygone flavolateralis | |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
| White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | |
| New Caledonian Cuckooshrike | Analisoma analis | Endemic |
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| Vanuatu Whistler | Pachycephala chlorura | |
| New Caledonian Whistler | Pachycephala caledonica | Endemic |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| Dusky Woodswallow | Artamus cyanopterus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
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| Southern Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides | |
| Melanesian Flycatcher | Myiagra caledonica | |
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| New Caledonian Crow | Corvus moneduloides | Endemic |
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| Yellow-bellied Robin | Eopsaltria flaviventris | Endemic |
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| New Caledonian Grassbird | Cincloramphus mariei | Endemic |
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| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
| Large Lifou White-eye | Zosterops inornatus | Endemic |
| Small Lifou White-eye | Zosterops minutus | Endemic |
| Green-backed White-eye | Zosterops xanthochroa | Endemic |
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| Striated Starling | Aplonis striata | Endemic |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Extirpated |
| Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax | Introduced species |
| Red-throated Parrotfinch | Erythrura psittacea | Endemic |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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