Field checklist
Birds of Cook Islands
56 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atiu Swiftlet E | Aerodramus sawtelli | Apodidae | VU | |
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Buller’s Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Chattering Kingfisher | Todiramphus tutus | Alcedinidae | NT | |
| Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Cook Reed Warbler E | Acrocephalus kerearako | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Anatidae | LC | |
| Gould’s Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey Noddy | Anous albivitta | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Kuhl’s Lorikeet | Vini kuhlii | Psittaculidae | EN | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove E | Ptilinopus rarotongensis | Columbidae | NT | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Mewing Kingfisher E | Todiramphus ruficollaris | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Murphy’s Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Anatidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Oceanitidae | EN | |
| Rarotonga Monarch E | Pomarea dimidiata | Monarchidae | VU | |
| Rarotonga Starling E | Aplonis cinerascens | Sturnidae | NT | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.