| Galapagos Island Wildlife |
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The beauty of the Galapagos Islands is partly found in the wide variety of exotic animals that make their homes in the Galapagos. Visitors never leave without many memories and pictures of the wonderful creatures found in this special place. Look at our list to find out what wildlife to expect to see in the Galapagos islands & sites you would like to visit!
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| Exotic Galapagos Wildlife |
Bartolome |
Galapagos penguins, lava lizards, Galapagos grasshoppers (Locust), sea turtles, white-tipped sharks. |
Isabela |
Penguins, blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, audubon shearwaters, noddy terns, mockingbirds, Galapagos hawks, flightless cormorants. |
Fernandina |
Flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, sea lions, hawks, penguins. |
San Salvador |
Fur seals, hawks, marine iguanas, sally lightfoot crabs, oyster catchers, great blue herons, lava herons, yellow crowed night herons, lava lizards, moray eels, sharks, octopus. |
Rabida |
Sea lions, pelicans, flamingos, white-checked pitails. |
Santa Cruz |
Giant tortoises and other 11 species of surviving turtles, vermilion, flycatchers, Darwin finches (13 species). |
Espanola |
Colonies of waved albatross, blue-footed boobies, masked boobies and sea lions; marine iguanas (Hood variety), Hood mockingbirds, lava lizards, Galapagos doves, swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropic birds, large cactus finches, sally lightfoot crabs, oystercatchers, Galapagos hawks. |
North Seymour |
Sea lions, land iguanas, frigatebirds, colonies of blue-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls, bright yellow warblers, fur seals. |
Floreana |
Greater flamingos, pintail ducks, brown pelicans, tropic birds, medium tree finches, yellow warblers. |
San Cristobal |
Main sea lion and blue-footed booby colonies, masked boobies, frigatebirds and other seabird species. |
South Plaza |
Sea lions, land iguanas, red-billed, tropicbirds, blue-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls. |
Dragon Hill |
Flamingos, white-checked pintails and black-necked. |
Cerro Brujo |
Pelicans, boobies and gulls. |
Isla Lobos |
Sea lions, blue-footed boobies, frigates, etc. |
Tagus Cove |
Darwin and woodpecker finches, brown pelicans, blue-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls and Galapagos penguins. |
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