Site Report: Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) Female

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

White Tipped Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) Juvenile

Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)

This area had a lot of exposed aa, and there is an 18 mile wide strip of it that will supposedly keep the goats away from the north end of the island. You can see an interesting tidal pool here.

Visits

2006-12-02: Day 5 of the 8 day expedition on the S.S. Samba.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Malacostracans (1 record)

Order: Crabs (1 record)
- Family: Hermit Crabs
- Semi-terrestrial Hermit Crab (Coenobita compressus)

Phylum: Chordates (12 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Family: Herons
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Family: Penguins
- Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

Order: Tubenoses (1 record)
- Family: Northern Storm-Petrels
- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates tethys)

Class: Cartilaginous Fish (1 record)

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

Class: Reptiles (4 records)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (3 records)
- Family: Iguanas
- Galapagos Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
- Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
- Family: Lava Lizards
- Galapagos Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis )

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Lifelists

Trips

Galapagos Islands