Site Report: Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno, Ecuador

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)

Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli)

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.

Map of Site Report: Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno, Ecuador

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
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli)
- 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 Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
- Galapagos Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
- Family: Lava Lizards
- Galapagos Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemarlensis)

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

Lifelists

Trips

Galapagos Islands