Site Report: Isla Plaza Sur
South Plaza Island
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)
Santa Cruz Lava Lizard (Microlophus indefatigabilis ) Male
Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) - Male
Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) Juvenile
Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Male
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens)
Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens)
Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
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South Plaza Island
Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)
Santa Cruz Lava Lizard (Microlophus indefatigabilis ) Male
Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) - Male
Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) Juvenile
Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) Male
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens)
Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens)
Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Small desert island with a steep dropping cliff to the south.
Visits
- 2006-11-28: Day one of our 8 day boat trip on the SS Samba.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (15 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
Phylum: Chordates
(14 records)
Class: Birds
(10 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(3 records)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Small Ground-Finch (Geospiza fuliginosa)
- Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lava Gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus)
- Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Otariidae
- Galapagos Sea Lion (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (3 records)
- Family: Lava Lizards
- Santa Cruz Lava Lizard (Microlophus indefatigabilis)