🇳🇨What animals live in New Caledonia?

622,244 animal records from New Caledonia cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 622,244 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in New Caledonia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana	Aves Meliphagidae	4,156
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	2,509
	Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa	Aves Rhipiduridae	2,398
	New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis	Aves Meliphagidae	2,392
	Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa	Aves Zosteropidae	2,342
	Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis	Aves Acanthizidae	2,310
	elongate clam Tridacna maxima	Bivalvia Cardiidae	2,236
	Dugong Dugong dugon	Mammalia Dugongidae	2,130
	Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus	Aves Alcedinidae	2,088
	Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris	Aves Pachycephalidae	2,006
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	1,982
	Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis	Aves Columbidae	1,805
	Ringed Turtlehead Sea Snake Emydocephalus annulatus	Squamata Elapidae	1,766
	Satin Swiftlet Collocalia uropygialis	Aves Apodidae	1,752
	Delicate round herring Spratelloides delicatulus	— Clupeidae	1,685
	Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus	Aves Psittacidae	1,674
	New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula goliath	Aves Columbidae	1,655
	South Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica	Aves Campephagidae	1,596
	Striated Starling Aplonis striata	Aves Sturnidae	1,569
	New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides	Aves Corvidae	1,557
	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	Aves Laridae	1,496
	Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica	Aves Monarchidae	1,458
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	1,456
	Artamus leucorhynchos	Aves Artamidae	1,455
	New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica	Aves Pachycephalidae	1,452
	wedge-tailed shearwater Puffinus pacificus	Aves Procellariidae	1,360
	Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi	Aves Rhipiduridae	1,345
	Yellow-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flaviventris	Aves Petroicidae	1,345
	New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica	Aves Meliphagidae	1,322
	boring clam Tridacna crocea	Bivalvia Cardiidae	1,248
	Adrisa flavomarginata	Insecta Cydnidae	1,239
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	1,238
	Brown Unicornfish, Bluespine unicornfish Naso unicornis	— Acanthuridae	1,224
	Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga	Aves Campephagidae	1,216
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	1,209
	Sassia remensa	Gastropoda Cymatiidae	1,205
	New Caledonian Honeyeater Glycifohia undulata	Aves Meliphagidae	1,196
	green turtle Chelonia mydas	Testudines Cheloniidae	1,168
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	1,164
	Javan Deer, Javan Rusa, Rusa, Rusa Deer, Sunda Sambar, Timor Deer Rusa timorensis	Mammalia Cervidae	1,150
	Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus	Aves Accipitridae	1,098
	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Aves Estrildidae	1,095
	Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis	Aves Zosteropidae	1,086
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	1,086
	Muzzled Rockskipper Cirripectes castaneus	— Blenniidae	1,074
	Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	Aves Laridae	1,063
	White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae	Aves Ardeidae	1,061
	Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, tuyiin Tursiops aduncus	Mammalia Delphinidae	1,057
	Horned Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus	Aves Psittacidae	1,047
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	1,042
	Greenfish Stichopus chloronotus	Holothuroidea Stichopodidae	1,041
	Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis	Aves Columbidae	1,000
	Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus	Aves Rhynochetidae	987
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	960
	Common Litter Skink Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus	Squamata Scincidae	949
	Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra	— Serranidae	938
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	921
	Red-throated Parrotfinch Erythrura psittacea	Aves Estrildidae	909
	Blackeye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus	— Labridae	875
	Burrower bug Fromundus pygmaeus	Insecta Cydnidae	873