Wildlife Seen In Galapagos Islands!

All sightings from the Galapagos Islands.

Country: Ecuador (13 sites)

Kingdom: Animals (76 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (3 records)

Class: Malacostracans (3 records)

Order: Crabs (3 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Galapagos Ghost Crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
- Family: Hermit Crabs
- Semi-terrestrial Hermit Crab (Coenobita compressus)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)

Phylum: Chordates (73 records)

Class: Birds (59 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)

Order: Boobies (2 records)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)
- Nazca Booby (Sula granti)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Paint-billed Crake (Mustelirallus erythrops)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)

Order: Pelicans (21 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi)
- Family: Flamingos
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Penguins
- Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

Order: Perching Birds (15 records)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
- Espanola Mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Family: Swallows
- Galapagos Martin (Progne modesta)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Green Warbler-Finch (Certhidea olivacea)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Galapagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris)
- Brujo Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (7 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
- Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Order: Tubenoses (5 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)
- Family: Northern Storm-Petrels
- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tethys)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia)
- Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Elliot's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites gracilis)

Class: Cartilaginous Fish (1 record)

Order: Ground Sharks (1 record)
- Family: Reef Sharks
- White Tipped Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Class: Mammals (3 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
- Galapagos Sea Lion (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)

Order: Perissodactyla (1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Horse (Equus caballus)

Class: Reptiles (10 records)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (7 records)
- Family: Iguanas
- Galapagos Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
- Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)

Order: Turtles (3 records)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Family: Tortoise
- Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus)
- Santa Cruz Island Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri)