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The following distribution lists may assist when comparing cruise itineraries from a birders' perspective.  Full bird lists for the Galapagos run to about 140 species.

These lists are adapted from the excellent A Guide to Birdwatching in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Robert S. Williams, Brinley J. Best and Tom Heijnen (Biosphere Publications, 1996), but this is in turn based on field guides by Harris (1984), Grant (1984) and Jackson (1993). So far as we know there is no more up-to-date list of similar authority, but we would be grateful to hear of any.

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Distribution of Galapagos landbirds

 

Status

Islands (see key below)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Galapagos Hawk

endemic**

X

X

X

X

E

E

X

X

X

-

X

X

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

Galapagos Rail

endemic*

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Paint-billed Crake

 

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Common Gallinule

 

X

X

?

-

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Galapagos Dove

endemic

U

U

X

X

U

U

?

X

X

?

X

?

X

X

X

?

?

X

-

Dark-billed Cuckoo

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Barn Owl

 

X

X

X

X

X

?

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Short-eared Owl

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

?

-

-

X

-

-

Vermillion Flycatcher

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

E

X

-

E

-

-

-

-

-

Galapagos Flycatcher

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

-

-

-

?

Galapagos Martin

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

?

-

?

?

?

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

Galapagos Mockingbird

endemic

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

X

-

?

Charles Mockingbird

endemic**

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Hood Mockingbird

endemic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Chatham Island Mockingbird

endemic

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Yellow Warbler

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

?

?

-

?

Large Ground-Finch

endemic

X

X

?

X

E

E

X

-

X

X

E

X

X

?

X

X

X

R

?

Medium Ground-Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

E

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

-

-

X

X

Small Ground-Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

-

-

R

X

Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch

endemic

E

E

X

X

E

E

-

-

X

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

-

-

Common Cactus-Finch

endemic

X

X

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

X

X

E

-

X

X

-

-

X

X

Large Cactus-Finch

endemic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

-

-

Vegetarian Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

-

?

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

Large Tree-Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

?

X

X

-

X

?

?

?

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

Medium Tree-Finch

endemic*

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Small Tree-Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

-

X

X

X

X

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

Woodpecker Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

?

-

-

?

-

?

X

-

?

-

-

-

-

-

Mangrove Finch

endemic**

X

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Warbler Finch

endemic

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

-

?

 

Key to symbols

Key to islands

X

probably present as a breeding species on this island

A

Isabela

I

Pinta

Q

Darwin

E

probably extinct as a breeding species on this island

B

Santa Cruz

J

Baltra

R

Daphne Major

U

uncommon on this island

C

Fernandina

K

Santa Fe

S

Plaza Sur

?

status uncertain on this island

D

Santiago

L

Pinzon

 

 

+

found on the satellite islets of Floreanna

E

San Cristobal

M

Genovesa

 

 

R

rare breeding on this island

F

Floreana

N

Rabida

 

 

*

near-threatened

G

Marchena

O

North Seymour

 

 

**

threatened

H

Espaρola

P

Wolf

    

 

Distribution of Galapagos seabirds

 

population,
000 pairs

Islands (see key below)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

Galapagos Penguin

2-5 **

O

X

O

O

-

O

-

-

-

O

-

-

-

O

O

-

-

-

-

Waved Albatross

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Audobon's Shearwater

10

widespread on cliffs and islands

Dark-rumped Petrel

10-50

X

X

-

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

White-vented Storm Petrel

many

breeding distribution not known

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

15

+

+

-

+

+

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

X

X

-

-

-

X

X

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

200 *

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

-

Red-billed Tropicbird

few

widespread cliffs and islets, less common in west

Brown Pelican

few

widespread along coasts with bushes or mangroves

Blue-footed Booby

10+

X

-

X

X

X

X

?

X

?

-

X

?

O

X

X

-

-

X

X

Masked (Nazcar) Booby

25-50

X

+

X

X

X

+

?

X

?

-

X

?

X

-

-

X

X

X

-

Red-footed Booby

250

-

-

-

-

X

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

X

X

-

-

Flightless Cormorant

0.7-0.8 **

X

-

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnificent Frigatebird

1

X

-

-

-

X

+

?

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

X

X

-

X

-

Great Frigatebird

few

-

-

-

-

X

+

-

X

-

-

-

-

X

-

O

X

X

-

-

Lava Gull

0.3-0.4 **

X

X

?

X

?

?

X

?

?

?

?

?

X

?

X

-

-

-

-

Swallow-tailed Gull

10-15

widespread but less common in west

Sooty Tern

(huge numbers)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

Brown Noddy

few

X

X

X

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

-

-

-

-

-

X

X

X

-


Key to symbols

Key to islands

X

probably present on this island

A

Isabela

I

Pinta

Q

Darwin

O

occasionally present on this island

B

Santa Cruz

J

Baltra

R

Daphne Major

?

distribution uncertain

C

Fernandina

K

Santa Fe

S

Plaza Sur

+

present on satellite islands but not on the main island

D

Santiago

L

Pinzon

 

 

 

 

E

San Cristobal

M

Genovesa

 

 

 

 

F

Floreana

N

Rabida

 

 

*

near-threatened

G

Marchena

O

North Seymour

 

 

**

threatened

H

Espaρola

P

Wolf

 

 

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