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.

Patterns of endemism

New Caledonia has a single endemic family, the Rhynochetidae.

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 Area (EBA).

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
• † Powerful goshawk
• † Gracile goshawk
• New Caledonian rail
• † New Caledonian gallinule
• Kagu
• † Lowland kagu
• Cloven-feathered dove
• New Caledonian imperial pigeon
• † New Caledonian ground dove
• New Caledonian lorikeet
• Horned parakeet - found on Grande Terre and Ouvéa
• New Caledonian owlet-nightjar
• † New Caledonian barn owl
• New Caledonian cuckooshrike
• 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:

• Red-bellied fruit dove
• Melanesian cuckooshrike
• Long-tailed triller
• Fan-tailed gerygone
• Southern shrikebill
• Melanesian flycatcher
• Streaked fantail
• Cardinal myzomela
• Dark-brown honeyeater