Private tour to New Caledonia for Jeff Peters, Pete Ferrera and John Deppman (all USA), joined by John Rogers (Sydney) for the Ouvéa Island and pelagic trip.

Leader: Philip Maher

S = Seen; H = Heard; E = Endemic; NE = Near Endemic; (S) = Seen only by the leader

Having seen the grassbird at Farina, near La Foa on the 6th, we returned to Noumea on the 7th and didn't bird that day.

     4 to 10 October 2007 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
 
Location
Parc
Riviere
Bleue
Mont
Koghi
La Foa
 
Ouvéa
Island


pelagic
trip
off
Noumea

Lifou Island
 

Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata

          S  
  Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus

        S  
  Masked Booby
Sula
dactylatra

        S  
  Little Pied Cormorant
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
  S        
  White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
S S S      
  Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
      S S  
  Nankeen Night-Heron
Nycticorax caledonicus
S S        
  Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
  S        
  Grey Teal
Anas gracilis
  S        
  Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
S       S  
  Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
S   S      
  Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
S   S      
  Brown Goshawk
Accipiter fasciatus
      S    
E
New Caledonia Goshawk
Accipiter haplochrous
  S S      
  Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
  S S   S  
  Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
S S        
  Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
  S        
E
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
S          
  Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
  S     S  
  Pacific golden plover
Pluvialis fulva
  S   S S S
  Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
      S    
  Grey-tailed Tattler
Heterosceles brevipes

  S        
  Wandering Tattler
Heterosceles incanus

      S S  
  Silver Gull
Larus novaehollandiae
S S     S  
  Great Crested Tern
Sterna bergii
      S S  
  Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
        S  
  Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana

        S  
  Bridled Tern
Sterna anaethetus

        S  
  Common (Brown) Noddy
Anous stolidus

        S  
  Metallic Pigeon
Columba vitiensis
  S S     S
  Spotted Dove
Streptopelia chinensis
S S S     S
  Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
    S S    
  Rock Dove
Columba livia
           
NE
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus greyii
      S   S
E
Cloven-feathered Dove
Drepanoptila holosericea
S S S      
E
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula goliath
H S H      
  Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
S H S   S H
E
Horned Parakeet
Eunymphicus cornutus
S S S      
E
Ouvea Parakeet
Eurymphicus uvaeensis
      S    
E
New Caledonian Parakeet
Cyanoramphus saissetti
S          
  Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
      S    
  Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx lucidus
S   S S   S
  Barn Owl
Tyto alba
      S    
  Glossy Swiftlet
Collocalia esculenta
S S S S   S
  White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius
           
  Sacred Kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus
S S S S   S
  Pacific Swallow
Hirundo tahitica
S         S
  Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caledonica
S H S     S
E
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina analis
S          
  Long-tailed Triller
Lalage leucopyga
S S S S   S
  Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
S S S     S
E
New Caledonian Grassbird
Megalurulus mariei
    S      
  Grey Fantail
Rhipidura fuliginosa
S S S      
NE
Streaked Fantail
Rhipidura spilodera
S S S     S
NE
Southern Shrikebill
Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides
S S        
E
New Caledonian Flycatcher
Myiagra caledonica
S S S S   H
E
Yellow-bellied Robin
Eopsaltria flaviventris
  S S      
  Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
      S    
E
New Caledonian Whistler
Pachycephala caledonica
S S H      
  Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris
  S S      
  Fan-tailed Gerygone
Gerygone flavolateralis
S S S S   S
E
Large Lifou White-eye
Zosterops inornatus
          S
E
Green-backed White-eye
Zosterops xanthochrous
S S S      
E
Small Lifou White-eye
Zosterops minutus
          S
  Silver-eye
Zosterops lateralis
    S S   S
E
Dark-brown Honeyeater
Lichmera incana
S S S S   S
E
New Caledonian Myzomela
Myzomela caledonica
S S S      
  Cardinal Myzomela
Myzomela cardinalis
      S   S
E
New Caledonian Friarbird
Philemon diemenensis
S S S      
E
Crow Honeyeater
Gymnomyza aubryana
S          
E
Barred Honeyeater
Phylidonyris undulata
S S S      
  White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus
S S S     S
E
New Caledonian Crow
Corvus moneduloides
S S S      
E
Striated Starling
Aplonis striata
S S S S   S
  Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
S S S   S S
  Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
  S S      
E
Red-throated Parrotfinch
Erythrura psittacea
S S S      
  Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Erythrura trichroa
          (S)
  Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
Lonchura castaneothorax

  S S      
  House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
S S   S    

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