🇨🇰What animals live in the Cook Islands?

42,644 animal records from the Cook Islands cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 42,644 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Cook Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	1,021
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	979
	Common Myna Acridotheres tristis	Aves Sturnidae	930
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	732
	rock-boring urchin Echinometra mathaei	Echinoidea Echinometridae	645
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	632
	elongate clam Tridacna maxima	Bivalvia Cardiidae	607
	Pacific Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pacifica	Aves Columbidae	541
	Greenfish Stichopus chloronotus	Holothuroidea Stichopodidae	493
	Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus	Aves Phasianidae	468
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	467
	blue-black urchin Echinothrix diadema	Echinoidea Diadematidae	459
	Wandering Tattler Tringa incana	Aves Scolopacidae	422
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	388
	White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus	Aves Phaethontidae	362
	azure sea star Linckia laevigata	Asteroidea Ophidiasteridae	350
	Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda	Aves Phaethontidae	334
	Surf Redfish Actinopyga mauritiana	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	332
	White Thread Fish Holothuria leucospilota	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	316
	Rochia nilotica	Gastropoda Tegulidae	311
	Cook Islands Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis	Aves Columbidae	309
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	292
	Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata	Aves Monarchidae	280
	Pomace fly Drosophila ananassae	Insecta Drosophilidae	276
	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor	Aves Fregatidae	232
	Sad Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris	Squamata Gekkonidae	218
	White-Bellied Skink Emoia cyanura	Squamata Scincidae	209
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	208
	Chama spec	Bivalvia Chamidae	202
	Yellow Wrasse Thalassoma lutescens	— Labridae	200
	White-banded triggerfish Rhinecanthus aculeatus	— Balistidae	195
	Orangespine unicornfish Naso lituratus	— Acanthuridae	191
	Black Noddy Anous minutus	Aves Laridae	184
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	184
	Rarotonga Starling Aplonis cinerascens	Aves Sturnidae	171
	Red-footed Booby Sula sula	Aves Sulidae	168
	Dusky-Bellied Skink Emoia impar	Squamata Scincidae	165
	Bischofsmützenseeigel Tripneustes gratilla	Echinoidea Toxopneustidae	149
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	137
	Whitetail Damselfish Dascyllus aruanus	— Pomacentridae	131
	Goldlined Emperor Gnathodentex aureolineatus	— Lethrinidae	130
	Acropora lutkeni	Anthozoa Acroporidae	130
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	126
	Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis	Aves Cuculidae	123
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	119
	Chattering Kingfisher Todiramphus tutus	Aves Alcedinidae	119
	Speckled Butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus	— Chaetodontidae	119
	Atiu Swiftlet Aerodramus sawtelli	Aves Apodidae	117
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	116
	Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana	Aves Psittacidae	115
	Clown coris Coris aygula	— Labridae	114
	money cowrie Monetaria moneta	Gastropoda Cypraeidae	112
	Erato Heliconian Heliconius erato	Insecta Nymphalidae	109
	Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima	— Pomacanthidae	107
	Nerita plicata	Gastropoda Neritidae	102
	Heterocentrotus trigonarius	Echinoidea Echinometridae	100
	Cook Islands Reed Warbler Acrocephalus kerearako	Aves Acrocephalidae	98
	Paper wasp Polistes olivaceus	Insecta Eumenidae	97
	Spotted Toby Canthigaster solandri	— Tetraodontidae	96
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	95