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New Caledonia bird checklist

155 bird species in 45 families have been recorded in New Caledonia, according to eBird; about 143 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in New Caledonia right now

  1. 1Common Myna
  2. 2Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
  3. 3Wedge-tailed Shearwater
  4. 4Metallic Pigeon
  5. 5Red-vented Bulbul
  6. 6Red-footed Booby
  7. 7New Caledonian Friarbird
  8. 8Black Noddy
  9. 9Spotted Dove
  10. 10Coconut Lorikeet
The top 20, and how they are ranked

New Caledonia bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Canada Goose
  • Pacific Black Duck
  • Mallard
  • Gray Teal
  • Hardhead

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

  • Wild Turkey
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Metallic Pigeon
  • Spotted Dove
  • Pacific Emerald Dove
  • Zebra Dove
  • Cloven-feathered Dove
  • Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
  • Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
  • New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon

Cuckoos

  • Long-tailed Koel
  • Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
  • Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Swifts

  • Satin Swiftlet
  • White-rumped Swiftlet
  • Uniform Swiftlet

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Buff-banded Rail
  • Dusky Moorhen
  • Australasian Swamphen
  • White-browed Crake
  • Spotless Crake

Thick-knees

  • Beach Thick-knee

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Masked Lapwing
  • Siberian Sand-Plover
  • Greater Sand-Plover
  • Double-banded Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Eurasian Whimbrel
  • Far Eastern Curlew
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
  • Common Sandpiper
  • Gray-tailed Tattler
  • Wandering Tattler
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
  • Red-necked Stint
  • Sanderling

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger
  • South Polar Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Silver Gull
  • Blue-billed White-Tern
  • Brown Noddy
  • Black Noddy
  • Gray Noddy
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Little Tern
  • Australian Fairy Tern
  • Black-naped Tern
  • Roseate Tern
  • Great Crested Tern

Grebes

  • Australasian Grebe

Kagu

  • Kagu

Tropicbirds

  • White-tailed Tropicbird
  • Red-tailed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

  • Wilson's Storm-Petrel
  • White-bellied Storm-Petrel
  • New Caledonian Storm-Petrel
  • Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
  • Polynesian Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Kermadec Petrel
  • Herald Petrel
  • Providence Petrel
  • White-necked Petrel
  • Black-winged Petrel
  • Gould's Petrel
  • Collared Petrel
  • Fairy Prion
  • Tahiti Petrel
  • Flesh-footed Shearwater
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Short-tailed Shearwater
  • Fluttering Shearwater
  • Tropical Shearwater

Frigatebirds

  • Lesser Frigatebird
  • Great Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby
  • Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

  • Little Pied Cormorant
  • Great Cormorant
  • Little Black Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • Glossy Ibis

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Nankeen Night Heron
  • Pacific Reef-Heron
  • White-faced Heron
  • Little Heron
  • Eastern Cattle-Egret

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • New Caledonian Goshawk
  • Brown Goshawk
  • Swamp Harrier
  • Whistling Kite

Barn-Owls

  • Australasian Grass-Owl
  • Eastern Barn Owl

Kingfishers

  • Sacred Kingfisher

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Nankeen Kestrel
  • Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

  • Rose-ringed Parakeet
  • Horned Parakeet
  • Ouvea Parakeet
  • New Caledonian Parakeet
  • Coconut Lorikeet

Honeyeaters

  • New Caledonian Myzomela
  • Cardinal Myzomela
  • Barred Honeyeater
  • Gray-eared Honeyeater
  • Crow Honeyeater
  • New Caledonian Friarbird

Thornbills and Allies

  • Fan-tailed Gerygone

Cuckooshrikes

  • Black-faced Cuckooshrike
  • South Melanesian Cuckooshrike
  • Polynesian Triller
  • Long-tailed Triller
  • New Caledonian Cuckooshrike

Whistlers and Allies

  • Vanuatu Whistler
  • New Caledonian Whistler
  • Rufous Whistler

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

  • White-breasted Woodswallow

Fantails

  • New Caledonian Streaked Fantail
  • Gray Fantail

Monarch Flycatchers

  • Southern Shrikebill
  • Melanesian Flycatcher

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • New Caledonian Crow

Australasian Robins

  • Yellow-bellied Flyrobin

Grassbirds and Allies

  • New Caledonian Thicketbird

Swallows

  • Pacific Swallow
  • Welcome Swallow
  • Tree Martin

Bulbuls

  • Red-vented Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

  • Silvereye
  • Large Lifou White-eye
  • Small Lifou White-eye
  • Green-backed White-eye

Starlings

  • Striated Starling
  • European Starling
  • Common Myna

Thrushes and Allies

  • New Caledonian Island-Thrush

Waxbills and Allies

  • Chestnut-breasted Munia
  • Red-throated Parrotfinch
  • Blue-faced Parrotfinch
  • Common Waxbill

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow

Most common birds in New Caledonia

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of New Caledonia’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
  2. Shining Bronze-CuckooChalcites lucidus
  3. Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
  4. Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
  5. Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
  6. Red-footed BoobySula sula
  7. New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis
  8. Black NoddyAnous minutus
  9. Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
  10. Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
  11. New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica
  12. Gray-eared HoneyeaterLichmera incana
  13. Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
  14. Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
  15. South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
  16. Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
  17. New Caledonian CrowCorvus moneduloides
  18. Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii
  19. Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis
  20. Brown BoobySula leucogaster

Largest bird families in New Caledonia

Among its regular birds.

  • Shearwaters and Petrels14
  • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers12
  • Pigeons and Doves9
  • Sandpipers and Allies9
  • Honeyeaters6
  • Cuckooshrikes5
  • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots5
  • Plovers and Lapwings5

Reported in the last 30 days

93 species reported to eBird in New Caledonia in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, New Caledonian Myzomela, New Caledonian Friarbird, New Caledonian Crow, Metallic Pigeon, South Melanesian Cuckooshrike, Common Myna, New Caledonian Streaked Fantail, Coconut Lorikeet, Spotted Dove, Gray-eared Honeyeater, Red-vented Bulbul, Horned Parakeet, Satin Swiftlet, Barred Honeyeater, White-breasted Woodswallow, Rufous Whistler, Swamp Harrier, New Caledonian Parakeet, Southern Shrikebill, New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon, Fan-tailed Gerygone, New Caledonian Cuckooshrike, Melanesian Flycatcher, New Caledonian Goshawk, Pacific Emerald Dove, Red-footed Booby, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Tahiti Petrel, Whistling Kite, Silvereye, Brown Booby, Black Noddy, Ruddy Turnstone, Bridled Tern, Great Crested Tern, Black-naped Tern, Silver Gull, Sacred Kingfisher, New Caledonian Whistler, …

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