New Caledonia check list
03 to 9 July 2005

            

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

                               
                            Leaders: Philip Maher, Patricia Maher
                            Participants: Rosemary Bell, Mark Clayton, John Hansen, Denise Moore, Jill Warner.


      3-9 July 2005
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6
7
8
9
post tour
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Location



Species
north of
Noumea
Lifou
Island
Parc
Riviere
Bleue
Parc
Riviere
Bleue
to
Mont
Koghi

Mont
Koghi
to La Foa

La Foa
Ouvea
Island
Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
S
S
S
S
S
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
(S)
S
S
S
Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
S
S
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
S
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
S
S
Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
S
S
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
1
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
S
S
S
S
S
Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus
1
1
S
E
New Caledonia Goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous
2
2
2
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
2
S
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
(1)
3
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
S
S
S
Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
S
E
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
5+H
2
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
2
2
Pacific Golden
Plover Pluvialis fulva
8
30
Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
S
S
S
S
Great Crested Tern
Sterna bergii
S
Metallic Pigeon
Columba vitiensis
c50
2
8
Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
S
S
S
S
S
S
Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
S
S
S
NE
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus greyii
40
2+H
E
Cloven-feathered Dove
Drepanoptila holosericea
2
1
NE
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula pacifica
c6
$
E
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula goliath
8+H
2+H
H
H
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
S
S
S
S
S
E
Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus
2+H
2
2+H
E
Ouvea Parakeet
Eurymphicus uvaeensis
c7
E
New Caledonian Parakeet
Cyanoramphus saissetti
5
8
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
2+H
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus
1
1
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
1RK
H
H
Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta
c100
c100
c20
c30
c30
c80
c50
S
White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius
?
1
?
Sacred Kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus
S
S
S
S
S
S
Pacific Swallow
Hirundo tahitica
S
S
S
Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caledonica
2
4
1
1
2
4
E
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina analis
1
Long-tailed Triller
Lalage leucopyga
2
c10
2
4
c6
c6
S
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
(10)
c20
c10
c6
S
E
New Caledonian Grassbird
Megalurulus mariei
H
2+H
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
S
S
S
S
S
S
NE
Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura spilodera
c3
3
3
3
c6
NE
Southern Shrikebill
Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides
H
c2
E
New Caledonian Flycatcher
Myiagra caledonica
1
1
2
1
2
1
E
Yellow-bellied Robin
Eopsaltria flaviventris
12
10
c4
1
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
3
1+H
E
New Caledonian Whistler
Pachycephala caledonica
4
2+H
2+H
1
Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris
c4
4
c10
Fan-tailed Gerygone
Gerygone flavolateralis
c8
c4
c6
2+H
c6
c6
c6
S
E
Large Lifou White-eye
Zosterops inornatus
c8
E
Green-backed White-eye
Zosterops xanthochrous
c6
c50
c6
c20
c40
E
Small Lifou White-eye
Zosterops minutus
c20
Silver-eye
Zosterops lateralis
S
S
S
S
S
S
E
Dark-brown Honeyeater
Lichmera incana
6
40
1
2
c6
c10
c20+
S
E
New Caledonian Myzomela
Myzomela caledonica
c3
2
2
c6
3
Cardinal Myzomela
Myzomela cardinalis
c10
?
E
New Caledonian Friarbird
Philemon diemenensis
4
1+H
1
c6
c6
E
Crow Honeyeater
Gymnomyza aubryana
1
E
Barred Honeyeater
Phylidonyris undulata
c6
3
c4
c3
White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus
S
S
S
S
S
E
New Caledonian Crow
Corvus moneduloides
1
2
4
10
E
Striated Starling
Aplonis striata
c8
c20
1
c20
c15
c10
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
S
H
S
S
S
S
S
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
c20
2
50+
c50
c80
E
Red-throated Parrotfinch
Erythrura psittacea
c2
c15
Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Erythrura trichroa
2
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
S
S
S
S
S
S
Feral Turkey
S
S
S
Feral Chicken
H
Mammals
Fruit-bat sp.
1
1
Insectivorous bat spp.
1
Whale sp.
c10
Amphibians
Sea-turtle sp.
2

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