| SPECIES |
Scientific Name |
Highest daily count |
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H or h.= Heard only
N/C.= No count
E = Endemic Species
Es = Endemic Subspecies |
| Galapagos Penguin |
Sphensicus mendiculus |
20 |
E |
| Waved Albatross |
Phoebastria irrorata |
30 |
E |
| Blue-footed Booby |
Sula nebouxii excise |
C |
es |
| Nasca Booby |
Sula granti |
150+ |
E |
| Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula websteri |
25 |
es |
| Flightless Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax harrisi |
20 |
E |
| Great Frigatebird |
Fregata minor |
100+ |
es |
| Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
C |
- |
| Dark-rumped Petrel |
Pterodroma phaeopygia |
30+ |
es |
| Audubon's Shearwater |
Puffinus lherminieri subalaris |
C - 1000+ |
es |
| Elliot's Storm Petrel |
Oceanites gracilis |
L/C |
es |
| Madeiran Storm Petrel |
Oceanodroma castro |
3 |
- |
| Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel |
Oceanodroma tethys tethys |
600+ |
E |
| Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon aethereus |
40+ |
- |
| Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis urinator |
C |
es |
| Cattle Egret |
Bulbulcus ibis |
40+ |
- |
| Snowy Egret |
Leucophoyx thula |
1 |
- |
| Great Egret |
Casmerodius alba |
4 |
- |
| Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
3 |
- |
| Lava Heron |
Butorides sundevalli |
3 |
E |
| Striated Heron |
Butorides striatus |
2 |
- |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax violacea |
4 |
- |
| Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus rubber |
40 |
- |
| Galapagos Pintail |
Anas bahamensis galapagensis |
20 |
es |
| Galapagos Hawk |
Buteo galapagoensis |
4 |
E |
| Galapagos Rail |
Laterallus spilonotus |
4 + 2h |
E |
| Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
6 |
- |
| American Oystercatcher |
Haematopus palliatus |
6 |
es |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus mexicanus |
3 |
- |
| Black-bellied Plover (Grey) |
Pluvialis squatarola |
1 |
- |
| Semi-palmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
L/C |
- |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
L/C |
- |
| Wandering Tattler |
Heteroscelus incanus |
7 |
- |
| Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
3 |
- |
| Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
12 |
- |
| Baird's Sandpiper |
Calidris bairdii |
1 |
- |
| Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
2 |
- |
| Willet |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
1 |
- |
| Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus |
10+ |
- |
| Marbled Godwit |
Limosa fedoa |
1 |
- |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
2 |
- |
| Red-necked Phalaropes |
Phalaropus lobatus |
400+ |
- |
| Grey Phalarope |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
100+ |
- |
| Lava Gull |
Larus fuliginosus |
4 |
E |
| Swallow-tailed Gull |
Larus furcatus |
50+ |
E |
| Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
10 |
- |
| Arctic Tern |
Sterna paradisaea |
1 |
1st record |
| Common Noddy |
Anous stolidus galapagensis |
400 |
es |
| Galapagos Dove |
Zenaida galapagoensis |
20+ |
E |
| Dark-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus melacoryphus |
3 |
- |
| Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani |
10 |
- |
| Galapagos Barn Owl |
Tyto alba punctatissima |
1 |
Dead |
| Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus galapagoensis |
1 |
es |
| Vermillion Flycatcher |
Pyrocephalus rubinus nanus |
16 |
- |
| Galapagos Flycatcher |
Myiarchus magnirostris |
4 |
E |
| Galapagos Martin |
Progne modesta modesta |
20 |
E |
| Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
2 |
- |
| Galapagos Mockingbird |
Nesomimus parvulus bauri |
30 |
E |
| Galapagos Mockingbird |
Nesomimus parvulus parvulus |
L/C |
E |
| Galapagos Mockingbird |
Nesomimus parvulus peramatus |
N/C |
E |
| Charles Mockingbird |
Nesomimus trifasciatus |
4? |
E |
| Hood Mockingbird |
Nesomimus macdonaldi |
6 |
E |
| Chatcham Mockingbird |
Nesomimus melanotis |
6 |
E |
| Yellow Warbler (Mangrove) |
Dendroica petechia erithachorides |
L/C |
es |
| Large Ground Finch |
Geospiza magnirostris |
12 |
E |
| Medium Ground Finch |
Geospiza fortis |
15+ |
E |
| Small Ground Finch |
Geospiza fuliginosa |
25+ |
E |
| Sharp-beaked Ground Finch |
Geospiza difficilis difficilis |
10 |
E |
| Cactus Finch |
Geospiza scandens intermedia |
6 |
E |
| Large Cactus Finch |
Geospiza conirostris conirostris |
4 |
E |
| Large Cactus Finch |
Geospiza conirostris propinqua |
10 |
E |
| Vegetarian Finch |
Camarhynchus crassirostris |
1 |
E |
| Large Tree Finch |
Camarhynchus psittacula psittacula |
4+ |
E |
| Medium Tree Finch |
Camarhynchus pauper |
4 |
E |
| Small Tree Finch |
Camarhynchus parvulus parvulus |
L/C |
E |
| Small Tree Finch |
Camarhynchus parvulus salvini |
6 |
E |
| Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea cinerascens |
2 |
E |
| Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea luteola |
10 |
E |
| Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea mentalis |
6 |
E |
| Warbler Finch |
Certhidea olivacea olivacea |
10 |
E |
| Woodpecker Finch |
Camarhynchus pallidus pallidus |
6 |
E |
| Woodpecker Finch |
Camarhynchus pallidus productus |
4 |
E |
|
| Galapagos Giant Tortoise |
Geochelone elephantophus vandenburgi |
2 |
| Galapagos Green Turtle |
Chelonia mydas agassisi |
12+ |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus hassi |
L/C |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus nanus |
L/C |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus mertensi |
L/C |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus albemarlensis |
L/C |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus cristatus |
L/C |
| Marine Iguana |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus |
L/C |
| Land Iguana |
Conolophus subcristatus |
8 |
| Lava Lizard |
Microlophus albemarlensis |
L/C |
| Lava Lizard |
Microlophus grayi |
L/C |
| Lava Lizard |
Microlophus delanonis |
L/C |
| Galapagos Fur Seal |
Arctocephalus galapagoensis |
6 |
| Galapagos Sea Lion |
Zalophus californianus wollebacki |
C |
| Short-fin Pilot Whale |
Globicephala macrorhynchus |
8 |
| Sperm Whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
1 John only |
| Bottle-nosed Dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
40 |
| White-tip Reef Shark |
Triaenodon obesus |
10 |
| Manta Ray |
Manta birostris |
3 |
| White-spotted Eagle Ray |
Aetobatus narinari |
6 |
| Sting Ray |
? |
2 |
| Puffer Fish |
? |
8 |
| Sally Lightfoot Crab |
Grapsus grapsus |
L/C |
| Ghost Crab |
Ocypode gaudichaudii |
- |
| Sea Snake sp |
? |
1 |
| Starfish |
? |
- |
| Chocolate Chip Sea Star |
Nidorellia armata |
1 |
| White Sea Urchin |
Tripneustes depressus |
L/C |
| Pencil-spined Sea Urchin |
Eucidaris thouarsii |
L/C |
| Green Sea Urchin |
Lytechinus semituberculatus |
few |
| SPECIES |
Scientific Name |
Highest daily count
C.= Common
LC = Locally Common
H or h.= Heard only
N/C.= No count
Ch = Choco Area Endemic |
| Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
1 |
| Great Egret |
Ardea herodias |
1 |
| Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
30 |
| Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
4 |
| Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
N/C |
| Barred Hawk |
Leucopternis princeps |
1 |
| Roadside Hawk |
Buteo magnirostris |
1 |
| Barred Forest-Falcon |
Micrastur ruficollis |
1 |
| American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
1 |
| Sickle-winged Guan |
Chamaepetes goudotii |
2 |
| Band-tailed Pigeon |
Columba fasciata |
12+ |
| Plumbeous Pigeon |
Columba plumbea |
5+ |
| White-tipped Dove |
Leptotila verreauxi |
1 |
| White-throated Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon frenata |
H |
| Barred Parakeet |
Bolborhynchus lineola |
1 |
| Red-billed Parrot |
Pionus sordidus |
4 |
| Bronze-winged Parrot |
Pionus chalcopterus |
7 |
| Squirrel Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana |
1 |
| Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani |
N/C |
| Common Potoo |
Nyctibius griseus |
1 |
| Rufous-bellied Nighthawk |
Lurocalis rufiventris |
4 |
| White-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne zonaris |
20+ |
| Chestnut-collared Swift |
Cypseloides rutilus |
6+ |
| White-tipped Swift |
Aeronautes montivagus |
10 |
| Tawny-bellied Hermit |
Phaethornis syrmatophorus |
2 |
| Stripe-throated Hermit |
Phaethornis striigularis |
1 |
| Green-fronted Lancebill |
Doryfera ludovicae |
1 |
| Brown Violet-ear |
Colibri delphinae |
1 |
| Green Violet-ear |
Colibri thalassinus |
L/C |
| Sparkling Violet-ear |
Colibri coruscans |
L/C |
| Western Emerald |
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus |
L/C |
| Green-crowned Woodnymph |
Thalurania fannyi |
1 |
| Andean Emerald |
Amazilia franciae |
4+ |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl |
5+ |
| Speckled Hummingbird |
Adelomyia melanogenys |
4+ |
| Purple-bibbed Whitetip |
Urosticte benjamini |
1 Ch |
| Empress Brilliant |
Heliodoxa imperatrix |
3 |
| Fawn-breasted Brilliant |
Heliodoxa rubinoides |
4+ |
| White-tailed Hillstar |
Urochroa bougueri |
1 |
| Mountain Velvetbreast |
Lafresnaya lafresnayi |
1 |
| Brown Inca |
Coeligena wilsoni |
2 Ch |
| Collared Inca |
Coeligena torquata |
L/C |
| Buff-tailed Coronet |
Boissonneaua flavescens |
L/C |
| Velvet-purple Coronet |
Boissonneaua jardini |
1 |
| Gorgeted Sunangel |
Heliangelus strophianus |
L/C Ch |
| Sapphire-vented Puffleg |
Eriocnemis luciani |
1 |
| Booted Racket-tail |
Ocreatus underwoodii |
L/C |
| Green-tailed Trainbearer |
Lesbia nuna |
1 |
| Black-tailed Trainbearer |
Lesbia victoriae |
2 |
| Violet-tailed Sylph |
Aglaiocercus coelestis |
L/C Ch |
| Wedge-billed Hummingbird |
Schistes geoffroyi |
1 |
| Purple-throated Woodstar |
Philodice mitchellii |
4+ |
| White-bellied Woodstar |
Acestrura mulsant |
2 |
| Golden-headed Quetzal |
Pharomachrus auriceps |
4 |
| Masked Trogon |
Trogon personatus |
3 |
| Collared Trogon |
Trogon collaris |
1 |
| Rufous Motmot |
Baryphthengus martii |
H |
| Red-headed Barbet |
Eubucco bourcierii |
2 |
| Toucan Barbet |
Semnornis ramphastinus |
3 |
| Crimson-rumped Toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus |
2 |
| Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan |
Andigena laminirostris |
2 |
| Choco Toucan |
Ramphastos brevis |
1 |
| Pale-mandibled Aracari |
Pteroglossus erythropygius |
4 |
| Lineated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus lineatus |
1 |
| Crimson-mantled Woodpecker |
Piculus rivolii |
1 |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker |
Piculus rubiginosus |
2 |
| Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
Veniliornis fumigatus |
1 |
| Powerful Woodpecker |
Campephilus pollens |
1 |
| Azara's Spinetail |
Synallaxis azarae |
3 |
| Slaty Spinetail |
Synallaxis brachyuran |
H |
| Red-faced Spinetail |
Cranioleuca erythrops |
2 |
| Pearled Treerunner |
Margarornis squamiger |
1 |
| Streaked Tuftedcheek |
Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii |
2 |
| Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner |
Anabacerthia variegaticeps |
2 |
| Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner |
Philydor rufus |
3 |
| Flammulated Treehunter |
Thripadectes flammulatus |
2 |
| Striped Treehunter |
Thripadectes holostictus |
1 |
| Tyrannine Woodcreeper |
Dendrocincla tyrannina |
1 |
| Spotted Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius |
1 |
| Black-striped Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus spixii |
1 |
| Wedge-billed Woodcreeper |
Glyphorynchus spirurus |
1 |
| Montane Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes lachrymiger |
2 |
| Uniform Antshrike |
Thamnophilus unicolor |
H |
| Slaty Antwren |
Myrmotherula schisticolor |
1 |
| Long-tailed Antbird |
Drymophila caudata |
2 |
| Immaculate Antbird |
Myrmeciza immaculata |
1 |
| Rufous-breasted Antthrush |
Formicarius rufipectus |
H |
| Scaled Antpitta |
Grallaria guatimalensis |
2H |
| Chestnut-crowned Antpitta |
Grallaria ruficapilla |
H |
| Nariño Tapaculo |
Scytalopus vicinior |
H Ch |
| Spillmann's Tapaculo |
Scytalopus spillmanni |
1 + 3H |
| Ocellated Tapaculo |
Acropternis orthonyx |
2 + 2H |
| Sierran Elaenia |
Elaenia pallatangae |
4 |
| White-tailed Tyrannulet |
Mecocerculus poecilocercus |
2 |
| Rufous-winged Tyrannulet |
Mecocerculus calopterus |
2 |
| Yellow Tyrannulet |
Capsiempis flaveola |
1 |
| Golden-faced Tyrannulet |
Zimmerius chrysops |
1 |
| Torrent Tyrannulet |
Serpophaga cinerea |
1 |
| Streak-necked Flycatcher |
Mionectes striaticollis |
1 |
| Olive-striped Flycatcher |
Mionectes olivaceus |
1 |
| Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant |
Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus |
1 |
| Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant |
Pseudotriccus ruficeps |
1 + 1H |
| Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant |
Lophotriccus pileatus |
1 |
| Cinnamon Flycatcher |
Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea |
1 |
| Ornate Flycatcher |
Myiotriccus ornatus |
4 |
| Flavescent Flycatcher |
Myiophobus flavicans |
1 |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher |
Myiophobus fasciatus |
1 |
| Western Wood-Pewee |
Contopus sordidulus |
1 |
| Smoke-coloured Pewee |
Contopus fumigatus |
3 |
| Slaty-capped Flycatcher |
Leptopogon superciliaris |
1 |
| Black Phoebe |
Sayornis nigricans |
1 |
| Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant |
Silvicultrix diadema |
1 |
| Rusty-margined Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes cayanensis |
3 |
| Golden-crowned Flycatcher |
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus |
3 |
| Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
2 |
| Barred Becard |
Pachyramphus versicolor |
H |
| Slaty Becard |
Pachyramphus spodiurus |
1 |
| Cinnamon Becard |
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
1 |
| Black-and-white Becard |
Pachyramphus albogriseus |
1 |
| One-coloured Becard |
Platypsaris homochrous |
2 |
| Green-and-black Fruiteater |
Pipreola riefferii |
4 |
| Andean Cock-of-the-rock |
Rupicola peruviana |
3 |
| Golden-winged Manakin |
Masius chrysopterus |
1 |
| Club-winged Manakin |
Machaeropterus deliciosus |
2 |
| Turquoise Jay |
Cyanolyca turcosa |
10+ |
| Beautiful Jay |
Cyanolyca pulchra |
1 Ch |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
3 |
| Brown-capped Vireo |
Vireo leucophrys |
2 |
| Andean Solitaire |
Myadestes ralloides |
1 |
| Pale-eyed Thrush |
Platycichla leucops |
1 |
| Great Thrush |
Turdus fuscater |
2 |
| Ecuadorian Thrush |
Turdus maculirostris |
1 |
| White-capped Dipper |
Cinclus leucocephalus |
2 |
| Blue-and-white Swallow |
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca |
N/C |
| Plain-tailed Wren |
Thryothorus euophrys |
2 |
| Southern House-Wren |
Troglodytes musculus |
2 |
| Gray-breasted Wood-Wren |
Henicorhina leucophrys |
2 + 2H |
| Tropical Parula |
Parula pitiayumi |
3 |
| Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica fusca |
2 |
| Olive-crowned Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis semiflava |
1 |
| Slate-throated Whitestart |
Myioborus miniatus |
4+ |
| Spectacled Whitestart |
Myioborus melanocephalus |
3 |
| Three-striped Warbler |
Basileuterus tristriatus |
6 |
| Choco Warbler |
Basileuterus chlorophrys |
1 |
| Russet-crowned Warbler |
Basileuterus coronatus |
3 |
| Bananaquit |
Coereba flaviola |
1 |
| Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia |
Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys |
3 |
| Orange-bellied Euphonia |
Euphonia xanthogaster |
2 |
| Capped Conebill |
Conirostrum albifrons |
1 |
| Masked Flowerpiercer |
Diglossopis cyanea |
2 |
| Black Flowerpiercer |
Diglossopis humeralis |
2 |
| White-sided Flowerpiercer |
Diglossa albilatera |
2 |
| Green Honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes spiza |
1 |
| Blue-necked Tanager |
Tanagara cyanicollis |
2 |
| Rufous-throated Tanager |
Tanagara rufigula |
6+ |
| Golden Tanager |
Tangara arthus |
6+ |
| Flame-faced Tanager |
Tangara parzudakii |
3+ |
| Metallic-green Tanager |
Tangara labradorides |
2 |
| Golden-naped Tanager |
Tangara ruficervix |
2 |
| Beryl-spangled Tanager |
Tangara nigroviridis |
8 |
| Blue-and-black Tanager |
Tangara vassorii |
2 |
| Black-capped Tanager |
Tangara heinei |
2 |
| Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager |
Anisognathus igniventris |
5 |
| Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager |
Anisognathus somptuosus |
8 |
| Moss-backed Tanager |
Bangsia edwardsi |
3 |
| Swallow Tanager |
Tersina viridis |
2 |
| Blue-gray Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
4 |
| Palm Tanager |
Thraupis palmarum |
1 |
| Blue-capped Tanager |
Thraupis cyanocephala |
1 |
| Yellow-rumped Tanager |
Ramphocelus icteronotus |
1 |
| White-winged Tanager |
Piranga leucoptera |
2 |
| Rufous-chested Tanager |
Thlypopsis ornata |
N/C |
| Dusky Bush-tanager |
Chlorospingus semifuscus |
4 Ch |
| Yellow-throated Bush-tanager |
Chlorospingus flavigularis |
4 |
| Western Hemispingus |
Hemispingus ochraceus |
3 |
| Grass-green Tanager |
Chlorornis riefferii |
2 |
| Plushcap |
Catamblyrhynchus diadema |
2 |
| Buff-throated Saltator |
Saltator maximus |
2 |
| Black-winged Saltator |
Saltator atripennis |
1 |
| Southern Yellow-Grosbeak |
Pheucticus chrysogaster |
5 |
| Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia jacarina |
1 |
| Variable Seedeater |
Sporophila aurita |
N/C |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater |
Sporophila nigricollis |
2 |
| Tricolored Brush-Finch |
Atlapetes tricolor |
1 |
| White-winged Brush-Finch |
Atlapetes leucopterus |
1 |
| Tanager Finch |
Oreothraupis arremonops |
H Ch |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow |
Zonotrichia capensis |
L/C |
