Cook Islands

Checklist of Endemic Bird Species

This list of bird species found exclusively in the Cook Islands is based on the taxonomy used in Dickinson (2003). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Dickinson, E.C. (Ed.)(2003) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged third edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

X = extinct

Ptilinopus rarotongensis (Columbidae) Rarotongan Fruit Dove

Pomarea dimidiata (Monarchidae) Rarotongan Monarch

Acrocephalis kerearako (Sylviidae) Cook Islands Reed Warbler

Aplonis cinereascens (Sturnidae) Rarotongan Starling

Aplonis mavornata X (Sturnidae) Mysterious Starling