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.
Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Coconut Crab
Birgus latro
Reef Manta Ray
Mobula alfredi
Spurdog
Squalus acanthias
Lemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris
Silky Shark
Carcharhinus falciformis
Olive Ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
Lobe Coral
Porites lobata
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius
Endangered
