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Cook Islands - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Highlighting the link of species shows the images, and clicking the link shows Evolutionary Tree.
Cook Islands is an archipelago country in the South Pacific Ocean and the tropical zone. The country is in free association with New Zealand. It is located to east of Tonga and to west of French Polynesia. The following shows the distribution of animals in Cook Islands.
Cook Islands
Cook Islands
regionally extinct
in historic age
Bird Mysterious Starling (?~AD1825)
Cook Islands
extant species
Megabat Insular Flying-fox
Parrot Blue Lorikeet  
endemic bird Cook Islands Fruit-dove  , Cook Islands Reed-warbler, Rarotonga Starling
bird (CR) Chatham Albatross
bird (EN) Rarotonga Monarch
Cook Islands
marine extant
species
Turtle Green turtle
Frigatebird Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird
Albatross Southern Royal Albatross
seabird Cook's Petrel
Ray Manta ray
Shark Whale shark   (12m), Shortfin mako
Marlin Indo-Pacific sailfish, Black Marlin, Striped Marlin
Crab Coconut crab   (40cm)