Found nowhere else

Endemic birds of the world

2,936 bird species live in only one country. Here are all 96 countries that have them, from the richest down, with a taste of each.

Cook Islands

6 endemic species See them all

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

Tonga

2 endemic species See them all

Tongan Megapode

Tongan Megapode Megapodius pritchardii Endemic to Tonga

Tongan Whistler

Tongan Whistler Pachycephala jacquinoti Endemic to Tonga

Kiribati

1 endemic species See them all

Bokikokiko Acrocephalus aequinoctialis Endemic to Kiribati

Nauru

1 endemic species See them all

Nauru Reed Warbler

Nauru Reed Warbler Acrocephalus rehsei Endemic to Nauru