Galapagos Animals



We saw A LOT of animals in the Galapagos. And we learned a lot about different kinds of animals.  There are four main types of animals in the Galapagos: migratory, native, and endemic, and introduced. 


Migratory (M): Animals that spend some time in the Galapagos and some time in another place

Native (N): Animals that arrived in the Galapagos by themselves or by some natural force (with a current or with the wind or or a raft of vegetation)

Endemic (E): Animals that have evolved and become a new species that exists ONLY in the Galapagos. 

Introduced (I): Animals that were brought to the Galapagos (on purpose or accidentally) by humans. 


This is a list of all the animals I saw in the Galapagos. I put M, N, and E next to the ones that I know. Some of them I don’t know which category they belong to. 



       reptiles


land iguana (E)

lava lizard (E)

marine iguana (E)

san Cristobal lava lizard (E)

Galapagos snake (E)

giant tortoise (E)

hawksbill sea turtle (M)

Isabella lava lizard (E)

leatherback sea turtle (M)

Black Sea turtle (M)

fernandina lava lizard (E)

green sea turtle (M)


Marine iguana

Land iguana


Galapagos snake

Green sea turtle


Giant tortise


         mammals


Galápagos sea lion (N)

Galapagos fur seal (E)

tropic whale skull and skeleton

bottle-nosed dolphin skull (N)

orca skull (M)

common dolphIn (N)


Baby Galapagos sea lion


invertebrates


sally-lightfoot crab (E)

ghost crab (N) 

Galapagos hermit crab (E)

violin crab

sea cucumber (N)

green sea urchin (E)

speckled moray eel (N)

octopus 

anemone

starfish

plankton 


Sally light foot crean


      birds


blue-footed boobie (N)

brown pelican (N)

brown noddy tern (N)

flightless cormorant (E)

Galápagos penguin (E)

great frigate bird (N)

magnificent frigate bird (R)

Nazca boobie (N)

swallow-tailed gull (E)

waved albatross  (E)

common egret (N)

common stilt (N)

lava heron (E)

ruddy turnstone (M)

striated heron (R)

semi-palmated plover (M)

whimbrel (M)

white-cheeked pintail (R)

yellow-crowned night heron (N)

Galapagos dove (E)

Galapagos hawk (E)

Galapagos mockingbird (E)

san Cristobal mockingbird (E)

smooth-billed ani (N)

yellow warbler (R)

cactus finch (E)

large ground finch (E)

large tree finch (E)

medium ground finch (E)

small ground finch (E)

small tree finch (E)

sand piper (M)

Oystercatcher (M)


Oystercatcher 


Egret


Frigate bird, chest puffed up to attract a mate


Flightless cormorant 


Brown pelican


Galápagos penguins 


fish


angelfish 

hawkfish

parrotfish

surgeonfish

triggerfish 

pufferfish

lanternfish

seethoughfish

redfish

bioluminescent fish

damselfish

black-tailed Liza fish

grouper fish

white-tipped reef shark (N)

hammerhead shark (N)

black-tipped reef shark (N)

Galapagos shark (N)

horn shark

giant manta (N)

golden ray (N)

spotted eagle ray (N)

stingray (N)

king bacalow

snapper


Golden Rays

King bacalow

Black tipped reef sharks

Comments

  1. Tim JesterMarch 4, 2022 at 10:44 PM

    What a list of animals! Loved the pictures for each category.

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  2. UnknownMarch 9, 2022 at 7:21 PM

    Hey Locke, from a friend of your mom and dad, plus Nana and Rocco: this is the most amazing list of animals and birds and crabs and snakes and whatever else, that I have ever been able to read. I love your categorizing them for us, into the four main groups as they evolved or arrived. I learned a LOT! Gracias! Irene

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