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NEW CALEDONIA - JULY 2007
13 photosThe best reason to visit New Caledonia can be summed up in one word: KAGU. This unique, monotypic family is endemic to the island, and is so cool that it is well worth a visit just to see it. Fortunately they are quite easy to see at their stronghold in Parc Provincial de la Rivière Bleue. I added this on at the end of my trip to PNG, and spent about five nights. That was plenty of time to see virtually all the endemics of the island, and it is such an expensive place to visit that I wouldn't really have wanted to stay much longer. Here's a collection of my best photos from the short trip.
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| Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus (S4) |
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| Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus (D3) |
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| Metallic
Pigeon Columba vitiensis (D3) |
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| Horned
Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus (S4) |
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| Dark-brown
Honeyeater Lichmera incana (S4) |
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| Melanesian
Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caledonica (D3) |
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| New
Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides (S4) |
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| Southern
Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides (S4) |
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| Gray
Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa (S4) |
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| Yellow-bellied
Robin Eopsaltria flaviventris (S4) |
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| New
Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica (S4) |
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| Green-backed
White-eye Zosterops xanthochroa (S4) |
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| Striated
Starling Aplonis striata (S4) |
