New Caledonia reconnaissance trip              17-23 July 2004
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Location

Ouvea
Island
Mt Koghi
Lifou
Island
Parc RB


Parc
RB

La Foa


La Foa
to Noumea

Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
2
2
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
6
2
4
4
Rufous Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
1
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
5
3
10
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
3
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
1
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
3
1
1
H
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
2
1
2
Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus
1
1
2
1
3
New Caledonia Goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous
1
1
1
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
2
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
2
1
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
2
2
Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
8
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
5
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
1
Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
2
White-throated Pigeon
Columba vitiensis
6
2
1
Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
2
1
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus greyii
4
10
Cloven-feathered Dove
Drepanoptila holosericea
H
2
1
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula pacifica
15
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula goliath
H
3
5
2
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
15
10+
Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus
3
1
Ouvea Parakeet
Eunymphicus uvaeensis
6
New Caledonian Parakeet
Cyanoramphus saissetti
1
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
H
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus
4
Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius
10
50
10
Sacred Kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus
20+
C
1
1
10
Swallow sp. Hirundo sp.
1
Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caledonica
4
6
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina analis
3
1
Long-tailed Triller
Lalage leucopyga
4
4
2
1
1
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
2
New Caledonian Grassbird
Megalurulus mariei
4
Gray Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
2
3
2
6+
1
Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura spilodera
4
8
4
6
4+
2
Southern Shrikebill
Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides
1
New Caledonian Flycatcher
Myiagra caledonica
3
2
H
2
2
Yellow-bellied Robin
Eopsaltria flaviventris
1
3
2
2
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
2+H
New Caledonian Whistler
Pachycephala caledonica
1
3
2
2
Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris
3
2
2
10+
Fan-tailed Gerygone
Gerygone flavolateralis
8+
1
6
4
6
6+
2
Large Lifou White-eye
Zosterops inornatus
5
Green-backed White-eye
Zosterops xanthochrous
20
3
10
10+
Small Lifou White-eye
Zosterops minutus
50+
Silver-eye
Zosterops lateralis
10+
8
Dark-brown Honeyeater
Lichmera incana
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
New Caledonian Myzomela
Myzomela caledonica
5
1
4
Cardinal Myzomela
Myzomela cardinalis
1
8
New Caledonian Friarbird
Philemon diemenensis
3
H
4
10
Barred Honeyeater
Phylidonyris undulata
10
1
2
White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus
20
3
10+
New Caledonian Crow
Corvus moneduloides
2
8
Striated Starling
Aplonis striata
10
10
10+

Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis

C
C
C
C
C
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
17
100
30
Red-throated Parrotfinch
Erythrura psittacea
2
2
6
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Lonchura castaneothorax
100+

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

C
C
C
C
C

Mammals

New Caledonia flying fox
Pteropus vetulus
4
1
July 2007 tour

Legend:
C = commonly encountered
H = heard
larger numbers are approximate
Parc RB = Parc Riviere Bleue

Observers: Philip and Patricia Maher