Birds
Brown Booby – Daredevil Cliff Divers
Although this large seabird exhibits sexual dimorphism, both the male and the female has a dark brown upper body with contrasting white on the lower portion.…
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Tristan Paylado
Birds
Cocos Cuckoo – The Parasitic Mafia
You can easily identify this medium-sized bird through its body with a grey crown, black mask, grey-brown upper part, rich buff underparts and a bright rufous…
Birds
Cocos Flycatcher – the Natural Insect and Pest Control in Cocos Island
Although resembling closely like your common city bird, the Cocos flycatcher is endemic to Cocos Island which is known to have a huge appetite for flies and…
Birds
Cocos Finch
Finches are discovered by the famous Charles Darwin during his voyage in the Pacific Ocean where he was able to identify 14 closely related species. Darwin’s…
Land Animals
Pacific Least Gecko – The Endemic Fortune Teller
Due to the isolation of Cocos Island from the mainland, it has evolved to house many unique land animals that can only be found in this offshore ecosystem. And…
Famous Dives
Bait Ball – A Shallow Water Feast
While the intense action in Cocos Island is known to occur in the deeper portions of its reef, there is another famous dive that occurs in a relatively shallow…
Liveaboards
MV Argo – An Optimized Liveaboard Diving Experience in Cocos Island
There are several vessels offering liveaboard diving in Cocos Island where their competing standards has led the MV Argo to offer a more comfortable stay and…
Dive Sites
DeepSee Submersible Diving under Cocos Island
If you have been reading scuba diving articles about Cocos Island, you may think what environment lies beyond the maximum depth set for recreational diving. Is…
Sharks
Tiger Sharks – The Stripe that will Suprise You
If there was a contest of who’s the most feared underwater creature with a striped pattern in its body, then Tiger Sharks has been holding the gold medal for…
Sharks
Silvertip Sharks – The Underwater Grizzlies of Cocos Island
One of the big boys patrolling the underwater habitats of Cocos Island are the Silvertip sharks where you can easily identify them through its unique silver…