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The Galápagos Cruise  ·  Wildlife

Galápagos Birds: 41 Species and Where to See Them

41
species recorded
17
found only here
15
islands
US$3,570
per guest, double occupancy

Forty-one bird species are recorded across the 15 islands our ships call at, and 17 of them live nowhere else on earth.

Where you go matters more than when. Most species are here the whole year round, but almost half are recorded at a single island: the waved albatross only on Española, the flightless cormorant only in the west. The map below shows which island holds what.

23 of 23 species shown
almost alwaysoftensometimesnot in this month

Galápagos Flycatcher

Myiarchus magnirostris

Where
2 sites on 2 islands, mostly West
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 66 of 97 routes · 1505 departures in season

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Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus nanus

Where
2 sites on 2 islands, mostly Central
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 45 of 97 routes · 1157 departures in season

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Lava Heron

Butorides sundevalli

Where
on most islands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 62 of 97 routes · 1421 departures in season

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Flightless Cormorant

Nannopterum harrisi

Where
6 sites on 2 islands, mostly West
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 42 of 97 routes · 996 departures in season

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Darwin's Finches

Geospiza / Camarhynchus spp.

Where
on most islands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 82 of 97 routes · 1987 departures in season

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Galápagos Hawk

Buteo galapagoensis

Where
7 sites on 6 islands, mostly West
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 82 of 97 routes · 2041 departures in season

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Galápagos Penguin

Spheniscus mendiculus

Where
8 sites on 5 islands, mostly West
When
Year round, more between Jun and Nov
JFMAMJJASOND

On 78 of 97 routes · 1865 departures in season

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Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Punta Vicente Roca
Where
1 site, Punta Vicente Roca
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 36 of 97 routes · 845 departures in season

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Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Punta Moreno
Where
1 site, Punta Moreno
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 40 of 97 routes · 969 departures in season

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Great Egret

Ardea alba

Isabela Wetlands
Where
1 site, Isabela Wetlands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 18 of 97 routes · 447 departures in season

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Paint-billed Crake

Neocrex erythrops

Punta Moreno
Where
1 site, Punta Moreno
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 40 of 97 routes · 969 departures in season

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Sanderling

Calidris alba

Isabela Wetlands
Where
1 site, Isabela Wetlands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 18 of 97 routes · 447 departures in season

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Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Isabela Interpretation Center
Where
1 site, Isabela Interpretation Center
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 6 of 97 routes · 99 departures in season

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Galápagos Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus galapagoensis

Where
2 sites on 2 islands, mostly North
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 49 of 97 routes · 1083 departures in season

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Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Where
2 sites on 2 islands, mostly South
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 41 of 97 routes · 906 departures in season

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Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Where
3 sites on 3 islands, mostly South
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 58 of 97 routes · 1345 departures in season

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Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia aureola

Where
on most islands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 59 of 97 routes · 1396 departures in season

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White-cheeked Pintail

Anas bahamensis

Where
5 sites on 4 islands, mostly South
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 77 of 97 routes · 1840 departures in season

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Where
6 sites on 5 islands, mostly North
When
Year round, more between Jan and Mar
JFMAMJJASOND

On 68 of 97 routes · 1596 departures in season

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American Flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber

Where
7 sites on 4 islands, mostly Central
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 79 of 97 routes · 1885 departures in season

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Brown Pelican

Pelecanus occidentalis

Where
on most islands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 83 of 97 routes · 2042 departures in season

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Nazca Booby

Sula granti

Where
8 sites on 7 islands, mostly South
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 81 of 97 routes · 1975 departures in season

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Blue-footed Booby

Sula nebouxii

Where
11 sites on 8 islands, mostly South
When
Year round, more between Jun and Aug
JFMAMJJASOND

On 83 of 97 routes · 2008 departures in season

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Tagus Cove, day 4

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Tagus Cove, day 6

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Tagus Cove, day 3

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Tagus Cove, day 3

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Tagus Cove, day 3

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Tagus Cove, day 12

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