Galapagos – Isabela Island
Galapagos - Isabela Island The name Galapagos comes from the Spanish name of the island Insulae de los Galopegos, the island of turtles. Of the five main islands, Isabela is the largest and 120 kilometers long. The volcano Wolf is with 1707 meters th [...]
Galapagos – Birds
Galapagos - Birds Among the most striking land birds is the Galápagos buzzard, the only bird of prey in the archipelago. He lives in virtually all vegetation zones and is similar to the buzzard. His prey animals are pigeons, finches, rats, lizards, s [...]
Galapagos – Birds – Red-footed Boobies
Galapagos - Birds - Red-footed Boobies The third and smallest in the Gannet League is the rarely seen for visitors red-footed booby. He lives only on San Cristóbal, Genovesa, Wolf, Darwin, and a few tiny satellite islets off the Floreana coast. His u [...]
Galapagos – Frigatebirds II
Galapagos - Galapagos - Frigatebirds II Frigate birds do not have water repellent plumage, so they do not fish themselves, but have specialized in chasing their prey off other birds. In addition, the frigate birds like to rob the nests of other birds [...]
Galapagos – Frigatebirds I
Galapagos - Frigatebirds I As the air pirates par excellence, the banded and magnificent frigate birds based on San Cristóbal, Seymour, Isabela, Genovesa and other islands are called. Their specialty is to wrest the prey from other seabirds during th [...]
Galapagos – Birds – Rails Herons Pelikans
Galapagos - Birds - Rails Herons Pelikans Also among the waders of the archipelago are the American Oystercatcher, the Bahama Duck, the Beaked Whimbrel, and five Egrets: the well-camouflaged Lava Egret, the Common American Gray Heron, the Galápagos r [...]
Galapagos – Gannets
Galapagos - Birds - Gannetsl The equally widespread masked booby is slightly larger than its blue-faced kindred and easily recognizable by its black "mask" and the dark wing coverts. The sluggish masked boobies breed only on the edges of the cliffs w [...]
Galapagos – Blue-footed booby
Galapagos - Blue-footed booby The cutest seabird is certainly the blue-footed booby. The upright stinging gaze, the challenging beak, and the sky-blue waddling feet sticking out of one another inevitably give him the aspect of a "cartoon sailor." He [...]
Galapagos – penguins
Galapagos - penguins The penguins are one of the funniest people on the Galapagos Islands. They are always happy, in a good mood and constantly in motion with their short wavering steps. Penguins at the equator? This is also available in Galápagos. T [...]
Galapagos – Flamingos
Galapagos - Flamingos The family of the flamingos includes 5 kinds. It is very different from their probably next relatives, the waders and the duckbills. With the waders, the flamingos connects the whole external appearance with the long neck (19 ce [...]