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.
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
Spotted Seahorse
Hippocampus kuda
Rarotonga Starling
Aplonis cinerascens
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
Sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
Blacktip Reef Shark
Carcharhinus melanopterus
False Killer Whale
Pseudorca crassidens
Moontail Bullseye
Priacanthus hamrur
Pacific Boa
Candoia carinata
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Kogia sima
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis