Rosellas are in a genus that consists of six species and nineteen subspecies. These colourful parrots from Australia are in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit.
Nankeen, also called Nankeen cloth, is a kind of pale yellowish cloth, originally made at Nanjing, China from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton that is then dyed. Also in the plural a piece or variety of this cloth.
Nycticorax is a genus of night herons. The name Nycticorax means "night raven" and derives from the Ancient Greek nuktos "night" and korax, "raven". It refers to the largely nocturnal feeding habits of this group of birds, and the croaking crow-like call of the best known species, the black-crowned night heron.
The nankeen night heron also commonly referred to as the rufous night heron, and in Melanesia as melabaob, is a medium-sized heron. It is found in Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, and throughout much of Australia except the arid inland. A small colony has also established near Wanganui, New Zealand.
The green rosella or Tasmanian rosella is a species of parrot native to Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. It was described by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, and named on the mistaken assumption it came from New Caledonia. At 37 cm (14.5 in) long it is the largest species of the rosella genus, Platycercus. Two subspecies are recognised. The green rosella's underparts, neck and head are yellow, with a red band above the beak and violet-blue cheeks. The back is mostly black and green, and its long tail blue and green. The sexes have similar plumage, except the female has duller yellow plumage and more prominent red markings, as well as a smaller beak. Juvenile and immature birds have predominantly green plumage.
New Caledonia wattled bat(Chalinolobus neocaledonicus) is a species of vesper bat in the genus Chalinolobus. It is found only in New Caledonia.
Perotrochus is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails,.
Omisus is a genus of European non-biting midges in the subfamily Chironominae of the bloodworm family Chironomidae.
Mikadotrochus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
Bathyfautor is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliostomatidae.
Leptotrophon caledonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Springeratus caledonicus, the Caledonian weedfish, is a species of clinid found around New Caledonia and Australia. This species placement in the family Clinidae has been questioned with some feeling that it is best placed in the family Microdesmidae.
Bathyfautor caledonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.
Mikadotrochus caledonicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae, the slit snails.
Parmenini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the Lamiinae subfamily.
Macrocleptes is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Tricondyloides is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Pseudorhabdosynochus caledonicus is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the Blacktip grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus. It has been described in 2005.
Macrocleptes tuberculipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1978.
Tricondyloides caledonicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1947.
