New Caledonia check list
2006

            

S = seen
(S) = not seen by leader
H = heard
E = endemic
NE = near endemic
 
RK = roadkill
            

                               
                            Leaders: Philip Maher, Patricia Maher
                            Participants: Colin Barraclough, Debra
Evans. Leslie Page, Neville Page

    1- 7 August 2006
Pre-tour
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Location
Noumea
Parc Riviere Bleue

Parc Riviere Bleue
to
Mont
Koghi

Mont
Koghi

to
La Foa

La Foa

(Lifou Is flight cancelled)

Bouloupari
Paita
Ouvéa Island
  Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
           
S
Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
S
S
S
S
S
 

Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel

           
S
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
S
S
S
Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
S
S
  Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
S
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
S
S
S
S
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
S
  Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
S
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
S
S
S
S
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
S
S
S
S
Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus
S
S
S
S
E
New Caledonia Goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous
S
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
S
?
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
S
S
S
S
Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
S
E
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
S3
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
S
S
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
S
Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
Great Crested Tern
Sterna bergii
S
S
Metallic Pigeon
Columba vitiensis
S
S
S
S
S
Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
S
S
  Rock Dove
Columba livia
 
S
       
S
NE
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus greyii
S
E
Cloven-feathered Dove
Drepanoptila holosericea
H
H (S)
S
NE
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula pacifica
E
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula goliath
S
S
H
?
H
S
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
S
S
H
S
S
S
S
E
Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus
S
S
S
S
S
E
Ouvea Parakeet
Eurymphicus uvaeensis
S2
E
New Caledonian Parakeet
Cyanoramphus saissetti
S
S
S
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
S
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
SH
Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta
S
S
S
S
White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius
S
S
S
Sacred Kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus
S
S
S
S
S
Pacific Swallow
Hirundo tahitica
S
S
S
Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caledonica