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This is a list of animals that live in the Galápagos Islands. The fauna of the Galápagos Islands include a total of 9,000 confirmed species. Of them, none have been introduced by humans, and seventeen are endemic. [citation needed] Due to amphibians intolerance of saltwater, no amphibians naturally occur on the Galapagos Islands.
Some animals like marine iguanas, may have swum there. In most environments the larger mammals are the predators at the top of the food chain, but those animals did not make it to the Galápagos. Thus the giant Galápagos tortoise became the largest land animal. Due to the lack of natural predators, the wildlife in the Galápagos is extremely ...
This list of birds recorded in the Galápagos Islands includes species recorded in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, where 189 species have been documented as of May 2024. [1] Of them, 31 are endemic , three nest only in the Galápagos, and virtually the entire population of a fourth nests there.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ... Galapagos crake; Galápagos dove; Galapagos ...
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador (AP) — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos. The 2021 collapse of ...
Common name Picture Scientific name Distribution and habitat IUCN status [nb 2] Notes 1 Galápagos dove: Zenaida galapagoensis: NT: 2 Galápagos crake: Laterallus spilonota: Highlands of the main islands (except Floreana) [5] VU: Also known as Galápagos rail [6] 3 Lava gull: Leucophaeus fuliginosus: VU: 4 Galápagos penguin: Spheniscus ...
A few species of endemic Galapagos mice (or rice rats) — the Santiago Galapagos mouse and the Fernandina Galapagos mouse — have also been recently rediscovered. Charles Darwin was the one who discovered over 100 new species of birds on the island. The most famous of his discoveries are Darwin's finches. Flora
Warming oceans affect the food sources of many of the seagoing animals in the Galapagos. Marine iguanas — one of many species that are endemic, or unique, to the Galapagos — have a harder time finding the red and green algae they prefer. Sea turtles struggle to nest in warmer temperatures.