new caledonia

I'm looking for birds from this area. I'm aware of the following: Hawaiian hawk Mariana fruit dove Guam rail Guam kingfisher white-throated ground dove many-colored fruit dove golden white-eye bridled white-eye Tongan megapode Palawan peacock-pheasant Luzon bleeding heart Mindanao bleeding...

I looked at which species are currently held in zoo collections, in Europe and N. America, and imagined what would be a very nice New Caledonian zoo exhibit. I imagine something like a pavilion or a greenhouse with a walkthrough route full of lush vegetation. The idea is that all animals would...

Are there any zoos with New Caledonian Crows? I know a few research facilities in Europe have them, but the're not open to the public. Zootierliste came up with no current holding, so I assume there are no public collections holding them in Europe.

Terror skinks are a species I have only known of for a relatively short amount of time, but I've already fallen in love with them (so to speak). It appears, however, that there are no terror skinks in captivity. As they are endangered and live on a low-lying tropical island I would've thought...

Here is one of my ultimate, ideal "zoo" ideas. It will never happen, because it would cost hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars and years of legal negotiations to make (and I'm not sure if it's even physically possible), but it would be a true wonder of the world, an artificial...

Scientists are proposing the new continents of Zealandia (New Zealand, New Caledonia, other islands) and Mauritia (Mauritius). A large portion of each is underwater. Zealandia: Scientists discover gigantic lost continent that sunk into the ocean millions of years ago Mauritia: Researchers say...

This a list of all the exotic mammals in New Caledonia, this includes mammals in private collections, zoos and aquariums. This list excludes all domestics. Corrections are welcomed. Primates Atlelidae Geoffrey's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) Kept at the Nouméa Zoo (Parc Zoologique et...

The drowned continent of Zealandia is one of my favorite areas of the world, for both the flora and fauna. I love birds, and New Zealand and New Caledonia are dominated by an impressive array of them. Even with many of the most interesting now extinct, you still have the only corvid observed...