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Learn the wildlife of New Caledonia

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6,606 species have research-grade observations in New Caledonia on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Grey-eared Honeyeater Lichmera incana345
  2. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae303
  3. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus244
  4. New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis207
  5. Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa207
  6. Osprey Pandion haliaetus204
  7. Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus196
  8. Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris185
  9. White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus173
  10. New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides166

Plants

  1. New Caledonia Pitcher Plant Nepenthes vieillardii451
  2. Broad-leaved paperbark Melaleuca quinquenervia262
  3. Drosera neocaledonica232
  4. Dracophyllum verticillatum227
  5. Acacia spirorbis223
  6. Philippine Ground Orchid Spathoglottis plicata221
  7. Cook pine Araucaria columnaris211
  8. Beach naupaka Scaevola taccada201
  9. Eriaxis rigida194
  10. Bootlace Plant Wikstroemia indica193

Insects

  1. Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina326
  2. Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum192
  3. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera145
  4. Glasswing Acraea andromacha143
  5. Euploea lewinii138
  6. Caper White Belenois java132
  7. Scarlet Percher Diplacodes haematodes125
  8. Hibiscus Harlequin Bug Tectocoris diophthalmus115
  9. Caledopteryx maculata106
  10. Montrouzier's Ulysses Swallowtail Papilio montrouzieri103

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes304
  2. Argiope caledonia166
  3. Dome Web Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis118
  4. Gasteracantha westringi87

Reptiles

  1. Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake Emydocephalus annulatus1,923
  2. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas1,283
  3. New Caledonian Sea Krait Laticauda saintgironsi781
  4. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata206
  5. Blue-lipped Sea Krait Laticauda laticaudata200
  6. Olive-headed Sea Snake Hydrophis major182
  7. Green-bellied Tree Skink Epibator nigrofasciolatus142
  8. Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus139
  9. Olive Sea Snake Aipysurus laevis97
  10. Common Litter Skink Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus93

Fish

  1. Common Seahorse Hippocampus kuda833
  2. White-spotted Puffer Arothron hispidus526
  3. Barrier Reef Anemonefish Amphiprion akindynos496
  4. Leopard Coralgrouper Plectropomus leopardus490
  5. Blackback Anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus470
  6. Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus442
  7. Whitespotted Blenny Salarias alboguttatus441
  8. Pacific Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma velifer430
  9. Blacksaddle Toby Canthigaster valentini400
  10. Whitley's Sergeant Abudefduf whitleyi383

Mollusks

  1. Small Giant Clam Tridacna maxima412
  2. Painted Hypselodoris Hypselodoris infucata388
  3. Day Octopus Octopus cyanea383
  4. Goniobranchus fabulus365
  5. Tryon's Hypselodoris Hypselodoris tryoni355
  6. Bicolor nudibranch Samla bicolor271
  7. Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna squamosa267
  8. Faithful Sea Slug Goniobranchus fidelis265
  9. Blue Dragon Pteraeolidia semperi255
  10. Ramose Murex Chicoreus ramosus233

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.