M/V Galapagos Explorer 2 - Wildlife
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beauty of the Galapagos experience can be found in the
wide range of exotic wildlife that make the islands their
home. Visitors seldom depart without memories and photos
of the fantastic creatures found in this special place.
Please observe the following list to to see what kind
of wildlife you may expect to see in the islands amidst
the sites you may visit! |
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| Exotic Galapagos Wildlife |
| Bartolome |
Lava lizards, Galapagos penguins, Galapagos grasshoppers
, white-tipped sharks. and sea turtles. |
| Isabela |
Blue-footed boobies, frigate birds, penguins,
Galapagos hawks, flightless cormorants, audubon
shearwaters, noddy terns,. |
| Fernandina |
Marine iguanas, sea lions, flightless cormorants,
hawks, & penguins. |
| San Salvador |
Marine iguanas, sally lightfoot crabs, fur seals,
hawks, oyster catchers, yellow crowed night herons,
great blue herons, lava herons lava lizards, moray
eels, & octopus. |
| Rabida |
Flamingos, sea lions, pelicans, white-checked
pitails. |
| Espanola |
Colonies of waved albatross, masked boobies, blue-footed
boobies and sea lions; also marine iguanas ( of
the Hood variety), Hooded mockingbirds, lava lizards,
the Galapagos doves, red-billed tropic birds, large
cactus finches, swallow-tailed gulls, sally lightfoot
crabs, oystercatchers, and Galapagos hawks. |
| Santa
Cruz |
Giant tortoises and eleven species of surviving
turtles, flycatchers, vermilion, Darwin finches
(thirteen species). Galapagos hawks. |
| North Seymour |
Land iguanas, frigatebirds, sea lions, colonies
of the blue-footed boobies, swallow-tailed gulls,
bright yellow warblers, .fur seals. |
| Floreana |
Greater flamingos, pintail ducks, , medium tree
finches, yellow warblers, brown pelicans, tropic
birds. |
| San Cristobal |
Main sea lion and masked boobies, blue-footed
booby colonies, also frigatebirds and indigenous
seabird species. |
| South Plaza |
Sea lions,, red-billed tropicbirds, land iguanas
,blue-footed boobies, and the swallow-tailed gulls. |
| Dragon Hill |
White checked and blank-neck pintails, and flamingos. |
| Cerro Brujo |
Brown pelicans, also boobies and gulls. |
| Isla Lobos |
The blue-footed boobies, frigates, sea lions etc. |
| Tagus Cove |
Brown pelicans, Darwin and woodpecker finches,Galapagos
penguins, blue-footed boobies, and swallow-tailed
gulls.. |
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