What Animal Lives Where

Where has the New Caledonian Whistler been recorded?

Pachycephala caledonica occurrence evidence comes from 7 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1961 to 2025. Most records come from New Caledonia.

New Caledonian Whistler
New Caledonian Whistler — Photo (display-sized rendition): JJ Harrison · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesPachycephalidaePachycephala

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

7 records across 2 countries and territories, 1961–2025.

Pachycephala caledonica · GBIF taxon key 5959189

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: December.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: December. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19612025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where New Caledonian Whistler has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for New Caledonian Whistler. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
New Caledonia 5
Vanuatu 2

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records concentrated in part of the year. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.