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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.
The Galápagos Islands are located off the west coast of South America straddling the equator. The Galápagos are located at the confluence of several currents including the cold Humboldt Current traveling north from South America and the Panama Current traveling south from Central America make the islands cooler and provide the perfect environment for the unique mix of wildlife that inhabits ...
Ranges are based on the IOC World Bird List for that species unless otherwise noted. Population estimates are of the number of mature individuals and are taken from the IUCN Red List. This list follows the taxonomic treatment (designation and order of species) and nomenclature (scientific and common names) of version 13.2 of the IOC World Bird ...
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 ...
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Common names are given but may vary, as they have no set meaning. Prior to the 2000s, all members of this group were classified as subspecies in a single species, Chelonoidis niger . From the 2000s until 2021, the individual subspecies were instead classified as distinct species. [ 6 ]