Animals of New Caledonia
93 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from New Caledonia on GBIF: 36 sharks & fish, 20 mammals, 17 insects & other invertebrates, 14 birds, 6 reptiles. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 93 animals by group
Seals, sea lions & walrus 1
- South American fur seal Arctocephalus australis
Whales & dolphins 16
- Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
- Cuvier's beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris
- Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima
- False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens
- Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus
- Melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra
- Omura's whale Balaenoptera omurai
- Orca Orcinus orca
- Pantropical spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata
- Pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata
- Pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps
- Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
- Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
- Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris
- Tropical bottlenose whale Indopacetus pacificus
Manatees & dugong 1
- Dugong Dugong dugon
Deer 1
- Javan rusa Rusa timorensis
Bats 1
- Insular flying fox Pteropus tonganus
Birds of prey 1
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 1
- Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Seabirds, divers & grebes 4
- Brown booby Sula leucogaster
- Great frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed booby Sula sula
- White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1
- Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Pigeons & doves 2
- Rock dove Columba livia
- Spotted dove Spilopelia chinensis
Crows, jays & magpies 1
- New Caledonian crow Corvus moneduloides
Songbirds & perching birds 3
- Common myna Acridotheres tristis (introduced)
- House sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-vented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (introduced)
Cuckoos, turacos & other birds 1
- Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
Snakes 3
- Aipysurus laevis Aipysurus laevis
- Blue-lipped sea krait Laticauda laticaudata
- Yellow-lipped sea krait Laticauda colubrina
Lizards, geckos & tuatara 3
- Crested gecko
- Gargoyle gecko Rhacodactylus auriculatus
- Rhacodactylus leachianus Rhacodactylus leachianus
Sharks 4
- Great white shark Carcharodon carcharias
- Tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus
- Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus
- Zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum
Rays, skates & chimaeras 7
- Aetobatus ocellatus Aetobatus ocellatus
- Giant oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris
- Kuhl's maskray Neotrygon kuhlii
- Porcupine ray Urogymnus asperrimus
- Reef manta ray Manta alfredi
- Round ribbontail ray Taeniura meyeni
- Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari
Bony fish 25
- Alfonsino Beryx decadactylus
- Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus
- Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
- Bluntsnout smooth-head Xenodermichthys copei
- Clown triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum
- Dogtooth tuna Gymnosarda unicolor
- Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
- Giant grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus
- Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
- Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis
- Green humphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum
- Humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
- Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta
- Lagoon triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus
- Leopard coral grouper Plectropomus leopardus
- Milkfish Chanos chanos
- Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus
- Paracanthurus Paracanthurus hepatus
- Platax teira Platax teira
- Plotosus lineatus Plotosus lineatus
- Redtoothed triggerfish Odonus niger
- Reef triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus
- Synanceia verrucosa السمكة الصخرية المرجانية
- Titan triggerfish Balistoides viridescens
- Yellow boxfish Ostracion cubicus
Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 3
- Odontodactylus scyllarus Odontodactylus scyllarus
- Panulirus ornatus Panulirus ornatus
- Penaeus monodon Penaeus monodon
Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish 3
- Bigfin reef squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana
- Nautilus macromphalus Nautilus macromphalus
- Octopus cyanea Octopus cyanea
Jellyfish, corals & anemones 1
- Diploastrea heliopora Diploastrea heliopora
Starfish, sea urchins & relatives 10
- Crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci
- Culcita novaeguineae Culcita novaeguineae
- Diadema setosum Diadema setosum
- Fromia indica Fromia indica
- Heterocentrotus mamillatus Heterocentrotus mamillatus
- Holothuria atra Holothuria atra
- Linckia laevigata Linckia laevigata
- Protoreaster nodosus Protoreaster nodosus
- Synapta maculata Synapta maculata
- Thelenota ananas Thelenota ananas
Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.