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Cook Islands

6 bird species live nowhere else on Earth but Cook Islands.

Endemic species: 6
Bird species: 56
Destinations: 0
Field guides: 1

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Endemic birds of Cook Islands

Atiu Swiftlet Aerodramus sawtelli Endemic to Cook Islands

Cook Reed Warbler

Cook Reed Warbler Acrocephalus kerearako Endemic to Cook Islands

Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove

Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis Endemic to Cook Islands

Mewing Kingfisher

Mewing Kingfisher Todiramphus ruficollaris Endemic to Cook Islands

Rarotonga Monarch

Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata Endemic to Cook Islands

Rarotonga Starling

Rarotonga Starling Aplonis cinerascens Endemic to Cook Islands

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Birds you are likely to see in Cook Islands

Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata

Gould’s Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera

Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

Greater Crested Tern

Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha

Red-footed Booby

Red-footed Booby Sula sula

Pacific Reef Heron

Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra

Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Blue-billed White Tern

Blue-billed White Tern Gygis candida

Kuhl’s Lorikeet

Kuhl’s Lorikeet Vini kuhlii Endemic to French Polynesia

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Pacific Black Duck

Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa

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Field guides for Cook Islands

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific

A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific H. Douglas Pratt, 1987 United States, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, French Polynesia, Micronesia and more All levels