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Encyclopedia > Endemic Birds of New Caledonia

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds. This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ...


Patterns of endemism

To be completed later


Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International has defined the whole of New Caledonia - the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands (Ouvéa, Lifou and Maré), the Île des Pins and other smaller surrounding islands as an Endemic Bird Areas (EBA). The Loyalty Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific. ... Ouvéa is an Island in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia. ...


List of species

The following is a list of species endemic to New Caledonia. Except where indicated the species is only found on Grande Terre

  • White-bellied Goshawk
  • New Caledonian Rail
  • Kagu
  • Cloven-feathered Dove
  • New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon
  • New Caledonian Lorikeet
  • Horned Parakeet - found on Grande Terre and Ouvéa
  • New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar
  • New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
  • New Caledonian Grassbird
  • Yellow-bellied Robin
  • New Caledonian Whistler
  • Large Lifou White-eye - found only on Lifou
  • Green-backed White-eye - found on Grande Terre and Maré
  • Small Lifou White-eye - found only on Lifou
  • New Caledonian Myzomela
  • New Caledonian Friarbird - found on Grande Terre, Lifou and Maré
  • Crow Honeyeater
  • Barred Honeyeater
  • Red-throated Parrotfinch
  • Striated Starling - found on Grande Terre, Ouvéa, Lifou and Maré
  • New Caledonian Crow - native only on Grande Terre, but introduced on Maré

The following restricted-range species are also found in this EBA: KAGU-FM is a Classical outlet run by Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. ... Binomial name Corvus moneduloides Lesson, 1830 The New Caledonian Crow (Corvus moneduloides) is a moderately sized crow (40 cm in length) similar in size to the House Crow but less slender looking. ...

  • Red-bellied Fruit-dove
  • Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
  • Long-tailed Triller
  • Fan-tailed Gerygone
  • Southern Shrikebill
  • Melanesian Flycatcher
  • Streaked Fantail
  • Cardinal Myzomela
  • Dark-brown Honeyeater

  Results from FactBites:
 
New Caledonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3073 words)
New Caledonia (French: Nouvelle-Calédonie; popular names: Kanaky, Le caillou) is a "sui generis collectivity" (in practice an overseas territory) of France, made up of a main island (Grande Terre) and several smaller islands.
The New Caledonia Barrier Reef, which surrounds the Grande Terre and the Île des Pins, is the second-largest coral reef in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef, reaching a length of 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
Censuses are extremely critical to the balance of power in New Caledonia, and the organisation of a new census was regularly postponed after 1996.
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