Birds of New Caledonia

List of Common Birds Found in New Caledonia

Native Birds

• Barred Honeyeater
• Barred Owlet-nightjar
• Black-browed White-eye
• Black-throated Shrikebill
• Blue-capped Fruit Dove
• Blue-crowned Lory
• Bristle-thighed Curlew
• Brown Gerygone
• Buff-bellied Monarch
• Caledonian Pigeon
• Cardinal Myzomela
• Chestnut-bellied Fantail
• Chestnut-bellied Whistler
• Cloven-feathered Dove
• Cloven-feathered Honeyeater
• Cloven-feathered Pigeon
• Crow-billed Gerygone
• Crow Honeyeater
• Dark-brown Honeyeater
• Fan-tailed Gerygone
• Gilded Kingfisher
• Goliath Imperial Pigeon
• Green-backed Gerygone
• Green-backed White-eye
• Green Parrotfinch
• Green-throated Parakeet
• Gray-eared Honeyeater
• Gray-eared Pigeon
• Gray-green Fruit Dove
• Gray-headed Goshawk
• Horned Parakeet
• Horned Whistler
• Kagu
• Large Lifou White-eye
• Long-tailed Triller
• Melanesian Cuckooshrike
• Melanesian Flycatcher
• Melanesian Megapode
• Melanesian Starling
• Metallic Pigeon
• New Caledonian Boobook
• New Caledonian Bullfinch
• New Caledonian Bush Warbler
• New Caledonian Cisticola
• New Caledonian Crow
• New Caledonian Crow Honeyeater
• New Caledonian Cuckooshrike
• New Caledonian Fantail
• New Caledonian Flycatcher
• New Caledonian Forest Rail
• New Caledonian Friarbird
• New Caledonian Goshawk
• New Caledonian Grassbird
• New Caledonian Grasshopper Warbler
• New Caledonian Honeyeater
• New Caledonian Imperial Pigeon
• New Caledonian Mannikin
• New Caledonian Melidectes
• New Caledonian Myzomela
• New Caledonian Nightjar
• New Caledonian Owl
• New Caledonian Parakeet
• New Caledonian Pitta
• New Caledonian Rail
• New Caledonian Robin
• New Caledonian Starling
• New Caledonian Thicketbird
• New Caledonian Warbler
• New Caledonian Whistler
• New Caledonian Whistling Dove
• New Caledonian Woodhen
• New Caledonian Woodswallow
• Pacific Robin
• Pacific Swallow
• Red-bellied Fruit Dove
• Red-bellied Gerygone
• Red-bellied Myzomela
• Red-throated Myzomela
• Red-throated Parrotfinch
• Rufous-backed Honeyeater
• Rufous Whistler
• Slaty Monarch
• Southern Melanesian Cuckooshrike
• Southern Shrikebill
• Streaked Fantail
• Striated Honeyeater
• Striated Starling
• White-bellied Flycatcher
• White-bellied Gerygone
• White-bellied Goshawk
• White-bellied Nuthatch
• White-bellied Robin
• White-bellied Shrikebill
• White-bellied Thicketbird
• White-bellied Woodswallow
• White-throated Gerygone
• Yellow-bellied Flyrobin
• Yellow-bellied Gerygone
• Yellow-bellied Robin

Non-native Birds

• Chestnut-breasted Munia
• Common Myna
• Common Waxbill
• House Sparrow
• Indian Peafowl
• Mallard
• Red Junglefowl
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Rock Pigeon
• Spotted Dove
• Wild Turkey
• Zebra Dove

Some of the best birding sites in New Caledonia include Parc des Grandes Fougères, Rivière Bleue Provincial Park, and Mont Koghi. The peak birdwatching season in New Caledonia generally falls during summer, from November to March.