Galapagos Islands
Galapagos birds
Galapagos coastal birds
The coastal birds are capable of long distance flight and are often migratory, they not feed out at sea.
Lava heron: The lava heron is the only endemic heron species in the Galapagos. With its dark coloring and small hunched appearance, it is hardly noticeable against the lava rock background as it slinks along in search of food.
Great Blue heron: The great blue heron is easily recognized by its long legs and neck, and by the way it stands and flies with its head hunched into is shoulders. It's found along the rockly coasts of most of the islands.
Greater flamingo: Few people have trouble identifying the grater flamingo, that grand pink bird with black wing feathers and long legs, often seen poking around salty lagoons, feeding on insect, shrimp and other crustaceans. Flamingos are nervous birds, particularly when nesting, and visitors should be quiet when viewing them or the birds may desert their nests.
American oystercatcher: The black and white american oystercatcher are regularly seen along the rockly coasts and sally lagoons of the most islands. It lies two perfectly camouflaged eggs in the sand.
Egrets: Thses large white wading birds are seen un mangrove lagoons throughout the Galapagos. The great egret is the largest, with snowy egret one size smaller. Aside from size, the grat egret 
has a yellow bill and black legs. the cattle egret, found in the highlands is smaller yet. It is a recent arribval and feeds primarily on insects and other invertebrades associated with cattle and tortoises.
Wandering tattlers: If you see a medium sized, yellow legged, mostly grey shore bird walking along the rocks and boucing its butt up and douwn, it's mos likely a wandering tattles. It is skittish and does call out a warning as it wanders off. continues...
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Galapagos marine life
The interior waters of the Galapagos islands, plus those 133,000...
