Of the 23 birds in the New Caledonia dry forest, 22 are endemic. There are a variety of habitats in which they settle in from upper dense portions of the forest to the lower parts of the savannahs. Their diet guilds also range tremendously from frusivores to insectivores to nectarivores (World Wildlife Fund 2013; Conservation International 2008). There are only 2 birds that are endemic that have an IUCN classification status of vulnerable or higher while the other 21 are considered “near threatened” or lower and thus are common to the dry forest area. Most of these birds are protected by conservation laws which protect the dry forest through monitoring the primary and degraded forest and nests as well as education to prevent killing of the native species. However, it is especially important to cover the two species with the highest status on the red list because small population size.
New Caledonia Owlet-Nightjar
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Horned Parakeet
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White-bellied Goshawk
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New Caledonian Grassbird
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New Caledonian ImperiaL-pigeon
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New Caledonian Cuckooshrike
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Yellow-bellied Robin
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New Caledonian Crow
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Green-backed White-eye
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New Caledonian Myzomela
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Barred Honeyeater
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Fan-tailed GerygonE
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New Caledonia Whistler
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