Private tour to New Caledonia for Jeff Peters, Pete Ferrera and John Deppman (all USA), joined by John Rogers (Sydney) for the Ouvéa Island and pelagic trip.

Leader: Philip Maher

S = Seen; H = Heard; E = Endemic; NE = Near Endemic; (S) = Seen only by the leader

Having seen the grassbird at Farina, near La Foa on the 6th, we returned to Noumea on the 7th and didn't bird that day.

     4 to 10 October 2007 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 
Location
Parc
Riviere
Bleue
Mont
Koghi
La Foa
  
Ouvéa
Island

pelagic
trip
off
Noumea

Lifou Island
 

Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata

          S  
  Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus

        S  
  Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra

         S  
  Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos		   S        
  White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae		 S S S      
  Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra		       S S  
  Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus		 S S        
  Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa		   S        
  Grey Teal
Anas gracilis		   S        
  Osprey
Pandion haliaetus		 S       S  
  Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus		 S   S      
  Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans		 S   S      
  Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus		       S    
E
 New Caledonia Goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous		   S S      
  Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis		   S S   S  
  Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio		 S S        
  Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa		   S        
E
 Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus		 S          
  Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica		   S     S  
  Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis fulva
  S   S S S
  Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
       S    
  Grey-tailed Tattler
Heterosceles brevipes

  S        
  Wandering Tattler
Heterosceles incanus

       S S  
  Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae		 S S     S  
  Great Crested Tern
Sterna bergii		       S S  
  Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii 		        S  
  Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana

        S  
  Bridled Tern
Sterna anaethetus

        S  
  Common (Brown) Noddy
Anous stolidus

        S  
  Metallic Pigeon
Columba vitiensis		   S S     S
  Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis 		S S S     S
  Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica		     S S    
  Rock Dove
Columba livia
            
NE
 Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus greyii		       S   S
E
 Cloven-feathered Dove
Drepanoptila holosericea 		S S S      
E
 New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula goliath		 H S H      
  Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus 		S H S   S H
E
 Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus		 S S S      
E
 Ouvea Parakeet
Eurymphicus uvaeensis		       S    
E
 New Caledonian Parakeet
Cyanoramphus saissetti		 S          
  Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis		       S    
  Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus		 S   S S   S
  Barn Owl
Tyto alba		       S    
  Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta		 S S S S   S
  White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius		            
  Sacred Kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus		 S S S S   S
  Pacific Swallow
Hirundo tahitica		 S         S
  Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caledonica		 S H S     S
E
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina analis 		S          
  Long-tailed Triller
Lalage leucopyga		 S S S S   S
  Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer		 S S S     S
E
 New Caledonian Grassbird
Megalurulus mariei 		    S      
  Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa		 S S S      
NE
 Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura spilodera		 S S S     S
NE
 Southern Shrikebill
Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides		 S S        
E
 New Caledonian Flycatcher
Myiagra caledonica		 S S S S   H
E
 Yellow-bellied Robin
Eopsaltria flaviventris		   S S      
  Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis		       S    
E
 New Caledonian Whistler
Pachycephala caledonica		 S S H      
  Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris		   S S      
  Fan-tailed Gerygone
Gerygone flavolateralis		 S S S S   S
E
 Large Lifou White-eye
Zosterops inornatus		           S
E
 Green-backed White-eye
Zosterops xanthochrous		 S S S      
E
 Small Lifou White-eye
Zosterops minutus		           S
  Silver-eye
Zosterops lateralis		     S S   S
E
 Dark-brown Honeyeater
Lichmera incana		 S S S S   S
E
 New Caledonian Myzomela
Myzomela caledonica		 S S S      
  Cardinal Myzomela
Myzomela cardinalis		       S   S
E
 New Caledonian Friarbird
Philemon diemenensis		 S S S      
E
 Crow Honeyeater
Gymnomyza aubryana		 S          
E
 Barred Honeyeater
Phylidonyris undulata		 S S S      
  White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus		 S S S     S
E
 New Caledonian Crow
Corvus moneduloides		 S S S      
E
 Striated Starling
Aplonis striata		 S S S S   S
  Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis 		S S S   S S
  Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild		   S S      
E
 Red-throated Parrotfinch
Erythrura psittacea		 S S S      
  Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Erythrura trichroa		           (S)
  Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Lonchura castaneothorax
   S S      
  House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
 S S   S    

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