Oceania
127
Documented species
1
Parks and reserves
2
Dive sites
127 species found
Based on what we already know about Cook Islands.
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It saved the Rarotonga monarch, a bird down to just 29 individuals in 1989, from total extinction
A lagoon reckoned one of the most beautiful in the South Pacific, with the chance to swim with humpback whales in season.
The archipelago's main island, with a barrier reef ringing the whole coast, accessible at every level.
Pram Bug
Phronima sedentaria
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Kogia sima
Pacific Boa
Candoia carinata
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Live Sharksucker
Echeneis naucrates
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Common House Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus
Shortfin Mako
Isurus oxyrinchus
Spotted Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Brahminy Blindsnake
Indotyphlops braminus