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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Cook Islands. The avifauna of the Cook Islands include a total of 50 species, of which six are endemic, one has been introduced by humans and three are rare or accidental. Ten species are globally threatened. Birds described from subfossil remains that became extinct as a consequence of human settlement of the islands and the introduction of exotic mammals include the Mangaia rail (''Gallirallus ripleyi'') and the Mangaia crake (''Porzana rua''). This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for the Cook Islands. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. Not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species. * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Cook Islands * (E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Cook Islands * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Cook Islands as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions __NOTOC__ ==Albatrosses== Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus ''Diomedea'' have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Cook Islands. *Royal albatross, ''Diomedea epomophora'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of the Cook Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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