Endemic Birds of New Caledonia - List of Species

List of Species

The following is a list of species endemic to New Caledonia. Except where indicated the species is only found on Grande Terre

  • White-bellied Goshawk
  • †Powerful Goshawk
  • †Gracile Goshawk
  • New Caledonian Rail
  • †New Caledonian Gallinule
  • Kagu
  • †Lowland Kagu
  • Cloven-feathered Dove
  • New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon
  • †New Caledonian Ground Dove
  • New Caledonian Lorikeet
  • Horned Parakeet - found on Grande Terre and Ouvéa
  • New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
  • †New Caledonian Barn Owl
  • New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
  • New Caledonian Grassbird
  • Yellow-bellied Robin
  • New Caledonian Whistler
  • Large Lifou White-eye - found only on Lifou
  • Green-backed White-eye - found on Grande Terre and Maré
  • Small Lifou White-eye - found only on Lifou
  • New Caledonian Myzomela
  • New Caledonian Friarbird - found on Grande Terre, Lifou and Maré
  • Crow Honeyeater
  • Barred Honeyeater
  • Red-throated Parrotfinch
  • Striated Starling - found on Grande Terre, Ouvéa, Lifou and Maré
  • New Caledonian Crow - native only on Grande Terre, but introduced on Maré

The following restricted-range species are also found in this EBA:

  • Red-bellied Fruit-dove
  • Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
  • Long-tailed Triller
  • Fan-tailed Gerygone
  • Southern Shrikebill
  • Melanesian Flycatcher
  • Streaked Fantail
  • Cardinal Myzomela
  • Dark-brown Honeyeater
Endemism in birds
Palaearctic
  • Western Palearctic
  • Japan
Afrotropic
  • Western and central Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Madagascar region
Indomalaya
  • S Asia
  • Himalayas
  • Andamans and Nicobars
  • Borneo
  • Philippines
  • Taiwan
Australasia ecozone
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • New Caledonia
Oceania ecozone
  • Hawaii
Nearctic
  • Eastern North America
  • Western North America
  • Mexico and northern Central America
Neotropic
  • Galápagos Islands
  • West Indies
The World
  • Endemic Bird Area
  • Lists of endemic birds
  • List of endemic bird areas of the world
  • List of secondary areas
  • Endemic Bird Areas of the World (book)

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