Birds observed on Galápagos 2009 |
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Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) (breeding endemic) |
Waved Albatross |
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Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
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Two species of frigatebird lives on Galápagos. This is the Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), Los Lobos Island |
Great Frigatebird with chick, Los Lobos Island |
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Galápagos Penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) (endemic) |
Galápagos Penguin |
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Galápagos Penguin |
Galápagos Penguin |
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Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) |
Juvenile Blue-footed Booby |
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The Blue-footed Booby nests on the ground. Here one with two chicks |
Juvenile Blue-footed Booby practicing mating behavior lifting one foot... |
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Nazca Booby (Sula granti) |
Nazca Booby, Espanola Island |
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Nazca Booby nesting on the ground |
Nazca Booby |
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Bird cliff |
Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), San Cristobal Island |
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Galápagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) (endemic), San Cristobal Island |
Galápagos Shearwater, San Cristobal Island |
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Galápagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) (breeding endemic) |
Galápagos Petrel |
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) |
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) |
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Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) |
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) |
Most likely Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) |
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) |
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Maybe Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro)? |
White-vented Storm-Petrel (Elliot's) (Oceanites gracilis) |
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Maybe Band-rumped Storm-Petrel |
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) |
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Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis urinator) |
Brown Pelican |
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White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) |
Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)
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Lava Heron feeding on flies next to a dead sea lion pup |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) |
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Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) (endemic) |
Lava Heron |
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Lava Gull (Larus fulignosus) (endemic) |
Immature Lava Gull |
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Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus) (breeding endemic) |
Swallow-tailed Gull |
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Brown Noddy landing on a Brown Pelican catching a fish |
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) |
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Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) |
Nesting Red-billed Tropicbird |
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Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) (endemic) |
Galápagos Hawk |
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Galápagos Mockingbird (Minus parvulus) (endemic), Santa Cruz |
Galápagos Mockingbird, Santa Cruz |
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Española Mockingbird (Minus macdonaldi) (endemic), Española Island |
Española (also called Hood) Mockingbird, Española Island |
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Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) |
Yellow Warbler, juvenile |
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Common Cactus Finch (Geospiza scandens) (endemic), Santa Cruz |
Galápagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) (endemic) |
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Small Ground Finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) (endemic), Santa Cruz |
Common Cactus Finch |
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Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris) (endemic), San Cristobal |
A blurry Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagensis) (endemic) |
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