Cook Islands Biodiversity
and Ethnobiology Database
Macro photograph of Cook Islands biodiversity
Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust

Cook Islands Biodiversity
and Ethnobiology Database

CIBED is the national biodiversity database of the Cook Islands. It has information on more than 5,000 species, marine and terrestrial. It is a working database, and your corrections are most welcome.

Explore Cook Islands' biodiversity

Curated collections drawn from the database — click through to the full results, or build your own search with the filters below.

Cook Islands Medicinal Plants

PlantsFerns and relativesMedicine
Lobeless Sword-fern
Whisk Fern
Polynesian Mahogany

Cook Islands Seabirds

Seabirds
Northern Giant-petrel
Pacific Reef-heron
Brown Noddy

Cook Islands Cowries

"Cypraea"
Punctate Cowrie
Fringed Cowrie
Jester Cowrie

Rarotonga Birds

Landbirds-WadersSeabirdsRarotonga
Pacific Black Duck
Spotted Sandpiper
Domestic Fowl

Cook Islands Ferns

Ferns and relatives
Leather Fern
Ribbon Fern
Tangle Fern

Cook Islands Whales and Dolphins

"Cetacea"
Striped Dolphin
Blue Whale
Orca

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