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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$2,966
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.

9 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 · 1489 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 · 1141 departures in season

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Lava Heron

Butorides sundevalli

Where
on most islands
When
Year round
JFMAMJJASOND

On 62 of 97 routes · 1412 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 · 985 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 · 1977 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 · 2033 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 · 1857 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 · 838 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 · 959 departures in season

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Select a departure that actually reaches it

985 of the 2110 upcoming departures put you where the Galápagos Penguin is, at the time it is there.

985
  • 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.
  • Never gets there. The route does not call at any of its sites.
04/10/2026US$9,990

ENDEMIC  ·  8-Day Western Islands: Tagus Cove's Sailor Graffiti

Tagus Cove, day 6

Likely6 spotsAsk about this date
05/10/2026US$5,295

Archipel I  ·  8-Day Western Islands: Urbina Bay's Coral Uplift

Punta Vicente Roca, day 6

Possible1 spotAsk about this date
05/10/2026US$7,475

Archipel I  ·  Archipel I: Route AB4

Punta Vicente Roca, day 6

Possible1 spotAsk about this date
05/10/2026US$10,300

Archipel I  ·  Archipel I: Route AB

Punta Vicente Roca, day 6

Possible1 spotAsk about this date
06/10/2026US$5,266

Solaris  ·  7-Day Western Islands: Las Tintoreras' Reef Sharks

Tagus Cove, day 3

Likely4 spotsAsk about this date
06/10/2026US$10,345

Solaris  ·  Solaris: Route AB

Tagus Cove, day 3

Likely4 spotsAsk about this date
06/10/2026US$14,095

Solaris  ·  Solaris: Route ABC

Tagus Cove, day 3

Likely4 spotsAsk about this date
07/10/2026US$18,000

Tribute  ·  Tribute: Route ABC

Tagus Cove, day 12

Likely14 spotsAsk about this date
08/10/2026US$13,264

MONIQUE  ·  8-Day Western Islands: Elizabeth Bay's Penguins

Tagus Cove, day 5

08/10/2026US$5,295

Archipel I  ·  Archipel I: Route A5B4

Punta Vicente Roca, day 3

Possible1 spotAsk about this date
08/10/2026US$2,966

Archipel I  ·  5-Day Western Islands: Puerto Egas' Fur Seal Colony

Punta Vicente Roca, day 3

Possible1 spotAsk about this date
08/10/2026US$8,345

Archipel I  ·  Archipel I: Route A5B

Punta Vicente Roca, day 3

Possible1 spotAsk about this date

What's included

✓All meals on board

✓Two certified national park naturalist guides

✓All excursions and landings listed in the itinerary

✓Snorkelling gear and wetsuit

✓Kayaks and stand-up paddleboards on board

✓Coffee, tea and water at any time

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Archipel I · Archipel I: Route AB4
05/10/2026 · 10 nights · from US$7,475
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