The most remote endemic bird family and the only one for Oceania
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 215/250
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The only endemic family for Oceania and the most desired bird in New Caledonia is the flightless Kagu, which can be seen easily on Le Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue. Entering the park requires a local guide, and we are happy to recommend on Isabelle Jollit from caledoniabirds.com which can also help with other local endemics. New Caledonia with few other islands is in the tiny biogeography region of Oceania. Due practical reasons, Oceana is included on this site maps and categories with the nearby Australasia region.
215. Family #56: Kagu (Rhynochetidae) | Kagu
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | @Parc des Grandes Fougers |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | @Ouvea |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | @Noumea airport |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | @Lifou, @Ouvea |
| Eastern Osprey | Pandion cristatus | @Noumea Magenta airport |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | New Caledonia |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | @Parc des Grandes Fougers, @Lifou, @Ouvea |
| New Caledonia Goshawk | Accipiter haplochrous | @Parc des Grandes Fougers |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | @Noumea airport |
| Kagu | Rhynochetos jubatus | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | @Parc des Grandes Fougers |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | P. m. samoensis |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | @Noumea beach. C. n. forsteri |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | @Ouvea |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | @Noumea |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | @Firinio aka White-throated Pigeon |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | @Noumea airport, @Ouvea |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | @Parc des Grandes Fougers, @Ouvea |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyii | @Lifou |
| Cloven-feathered Dove | Drepanoptila holosericea | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula goliath | @Mont Khogi. aka Goliath Imperial Pigeon |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | @Ouvea |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | @Ouvea * layardi (New Caledonian) |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | @Mont Khogi, @Ouvea |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | @Lifou |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | @Noumea airport * canacorum (New Caledonian), @Ouvea * ssp. macmillani (Loyalty Is.) |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | @Noumea airport. ssp: T. h. deplanchii |
| Horned Parakeet | Eunymphicus cornutus | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| Ouvea Parakeet | Eunymphicus uvaeensis | @Ouvea -20.4142570, 166.6049730 |
| New Caledonian Parakeet | Cyanoramphus saissetti | @Parc de la Rivier Bleue |
| New Caledonian Myzomela | Myzomela caledonica | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | @Lifou. ssp: lifuensis |
| Dark-brown Honeyeater | Lichmera incana | @Noumea airport. aka Grey-eared Honeyeater, @Lifou |
| Barred Honeyeater | Phylidonyris undulatus | @Mont Khogi |
| Crow Honeyeater | Gymnomyza aubryana | @park Riveria Bleue |
| New Caledonian Friarbird | Philemon diemenensis | @Noumea airport |
| Fan-tailed Gerygone | Gerygone flavolateralis | @Mont Khogi, @Lifou ssp. Lifuensis |
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | @Noumea airport. ssp:melaleucus, @Lifou. ssp: melaleucus |
| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | @Parc des Grandes Fougers ssp. Caledonica, @Lifou lifuensis |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| New Caledonian Cuckooshrike | Analisoma analis | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| New Caledonian Whistler | Pachycephala caledonica | @Mont Khogi |
| Melanesian Whistler | Pachycephala chlorura | @Ouvea. P. c. littayei |
| Rufous Whistler | Pachycephala rufiventris | @Noumea airport. ssp. xanthetraea |
| Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | @Mont Khogi, @Lifou |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | @Noumea airport. ssp: R. a. bulgeri |
| Southern Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides | @Riviere Bleue NR |
| Melanesian Flycatcher | Myiagra caledonica | @Mont Khogi. ssp: caledonica, @Lifou. ssp: viridinitens |
| New Caledonian Crow | Corvus moneduloides | @Mont Khogi |
| Yellow-bellied Robin | Eopsaltria flaviventris | @Mt Khogi. aka Yellow-bellied Flyrobin (Microeca flaviventris) |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | New Caledonia |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | @Noumea – introduced |
| New Caledonian Grassbird | Megalurulus mariei | aka New Caledonian Thicketbird @-21.4461400,165.5173970 (east of Azareu) |
| Large Lifou White-eye | Zosterops inornatus | @Lifou |
| Green-backed White-eye | Zosterops xanthochroa | @Mont Khogi |
| Small Lifou White-eye | Zosterops minutus | @Lifou |
| Silver-eye | Zosterops lateralis | @Noumea airport ssp: griseonota, @Ouvea ssp: nigrescens, @Lifou ssp. Melanops |
| Striated Starling | Aplonis striata | @Mont Khogi ssp: striata, @Ouvea ssp: atronitens |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | @Noumea airport |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | @Noumea airport |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | @Noumea airport |
| Red-throated Parrotfinch | Erythrura psittacea | @Parc des Grandes Fougers |
| Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax |
