Lava Gull
Leucophaeus fuliginosus
- Where
- 2 sites on 2 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 43 of 97 routes · 1002 departures in season
See these departures →The Galápagos Cruise · Wildlife
Galápagos Birds: 41 Species and Where to See Them
41
species recorded
17
found only here
15
islands
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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.
Where they are
Tap an island to filter the species below. The number is how many species are recorded there.
15 of 15 species shown
almost alwaysoftensometimesnot in this month
Galápagos Mockingbird
Mimus parvulus
- Where
- 3 sites on 3 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 66 of 97 routes · 1505 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Dove
Zenaida galapagoensis
- Where
- 4 sites on 4 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 75 of 97 routes · 1796 departures in season
See these departures →Lava Heron
Butorides sundevalli
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
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On 62 of 97 routes · 1432 departures in season
See these departures →Swallow-tailed Gull
Creagrus furcatus
- Where
- 6 sites on 5 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 77 of 97 routes · 1810 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Hawk
Buteo galapagoensis
- Where
- 7 sites on 6 islands, mostly West
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 82 of 97 routes · 2049 departures in season
See these departures →Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
Hydrobates tethys
- Where
- 1 site, Prince Philip's Steps
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 38 of 97 routes · 857 departures in season
See these departures →Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
- Where
- 1 site, Darwin Bay
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 38 of 97 routes · 857 departures in season
See these departures →Galápagos Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus galapagoensis
- Where
- 2 sites on 2 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 49 of 97 routes · 1087 departures in season
See these departures →Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia aureola
- Where
- on most islands
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 59 of 97 routes · 1402 departures in season
See these departures →Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
- Where
- 5 sites on 4 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 71 of 97 routes · 1691 departures in season
See these departures →Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
- Where
- 5 sites on 4 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 53 of 97 routes · 1148 departures in season
See these departures →Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
- Where
- 6 sites on 3 islands, mostly North
- When
- Year round, more between Mar and Jun
JFMAMJJASOND
On 67 of 97 routes · 1555 departures in season
See these departures →Nazca Booby
Sula granti
- Where
- 8 sites on 7 islands, mostly South
- When
- Year round
JFMAMJJASOND
On 81 of 97 routes · 1982 departures in season
See these departures →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 · 2013 departures in season
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352 of the 2125 upcoming departures put you where the Paint-billed Crake is, at the time it is there.
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- You see it. The ship is at the site while the species is recorded there.
- Right island, wrong month. The route calls there outside the months on record.
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Galaxy Orion · 8-Day Western Islands: Isabela's Tortoise Hatchery
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