New Caledonia

What is recorded in New Caledonia

Species

1,575

Grid cells

5,060

Records

74,137

Years covered

1980-2026

• Bony fish 936
• Insects 452
• Reptiles 77
• Birds 56
• Sharks and rays 34
• Mammals 19
• Amphibians 1

These are species with at least one recorded territory in New Caledonia, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.

Most recorded here

The species with the most open occurrence records in New Caledonia, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Grey-eared Honeyeater

Lichmera incana

2,483 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Green-backed White-eye

Zosterops xanthochroa

1,781 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Fan-tailed Gerygone

Gerygone flavolateralis

1,622 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

New Caledonian Friarbird

Philemon diemenensis

1,541 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Satin Swiftlet

Collocalia uropygialis

1,475 records

mammal

Not assessed · location generalised

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1,443 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Striated Starling

Aplonis striata

1,167 records

mammal

Not assessed · location generalised

Dugong

Dugong dugon

1,117 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Goliath Imperial Pigeon

Ducula goliath

1,089 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

South Melanesian Cuckooshrike

Coracina caledonica

1,077 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Streaked Fantail

Rhipidura verreauxi

1,068 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Melanesian Flycatcher

Myiagra caledonica

1,058 records