GALAPAGOS BIRD CHECKLIST
NEOTROPICS GALAPAGOS
| Area (SqMi): | 4,897 |
| # Species: | 187 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 98 |
| # Endemics: | 31 |
| # Near Endemics: | 0 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 20.0 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN THE NEOTROPICS
List of all species known to occur in the islands. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental.* See sidebar for meaning of symbols associated with common names.
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| 1 | [Black-bellied Whistling-Duck] | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 2 | Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Many |
| 3 | [Cinnamon Teal] | Spatula cyanoptera | BI |
| 4 | [Northern Shoveler] | Spatula clypeata | |
| 5 | [Meller's Duck] | Anas melleri | |
| 6 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Many |
| 7 | [Masked Duck] | Nomonyx dominicus | SCI |
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| 8 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | FDI,NSI,SCI,SCI |
| 9 | Galapagos Dove | Zenaida galapagoensis | Many |
| 10 | [Eared Dove] | Zenaida auriculata | BI,SCI |
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| 11 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Many |
| 12 | Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | Many |
| 13 | [Gray-capped Cuckoo] | Coccyzus lansbergi | |
| 14 | [Black-billed Cuckoo] | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | EI |
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| 15 | Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | BI,EI,II |
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| 16 | [Chimney Swift] | Chaetura pelagica | EI |
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| 17 | Paint-billed Crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | Many |
| 18 | [Sora] | Porzana carolina | GI,SI |
| 19 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Many |
| 20 | [American Coot] | Fulica americana | II,SCI |
| 21 | [Purple Gallinule] | Porphyrio martinica | BI,II,SCI,SI |
| 22 | Galapagos Rail | Laterallus spilonota | Many |
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| 23 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Many |
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| 24 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | Many |
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| 25 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Many |
| 26 | American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | GI |
| 27 | [Pacific Golden-Plover] | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 28 | [Tawny-throated Dotterel] | Oreopholus ruficollis | EI |
| 29 | [Killdeer] | Charadrius vociferus | FI,II,SCI,SCI |
| 30 | Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Many |
| 31 | [Wilson's Plover] | Anarhynchus wilsonia | SCI |
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| 32 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Many |
| 33 | [Hudsonian Godwit] | Limosa haemastica | II |
| 34 | [Marbled Godwit] | Limosa fedoa | FI,SCI |
| 35 | Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Many |
| 36 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Many |
| 37 | Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Many |
| 38 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Many |
| 39 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Many |
| 40 | [Solitary Sandpiper] | Tringa solitaria | FI,SCI |
| 41 | Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Many |
| 42 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Many |
| 43 | Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Many |
| 44 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Many |
| 45 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Many |
| 46 | [Black Turnstone] | Arenaria melanocephala | SCI |
| 47 | [Red Knot] | Calidris canutus | FDI,II |
| 48 | [Surfbird] | Calidris virgata | Many |
| 49 | [Stilt Sandpiper] | Calidris himantopus | SCI,SI |
| 50 | [Buff-breasted Sandpiper] | Calidris subruficollis | |
| 51 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | Many |
| 52 | [Baird's Sandpiper] | Calidris bairdii | EI,FI,SCI |
| 53 | [White-rumped Sandpiper] | Calidris fuscicollis | FDI,SCI |
| 54 | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Many |
| 55 | [Pectoral Sandpiper] | Calidris melanotos | EI,SCI,SCI |
| 56 | [Western Sandpiper] | Calidris mauri | Many |
| 57 | [Semipalmated Sandpiper] | Calidris pusilla | Many |
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| 58 | [Long-tailed Jaeger] | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| 59 | [Parasitic Jaeger] | Stercorarius parasiticus | II |
| 60 | [Pomarine Jaeger] | Stercorarius pomarinus | II |
| 61 | [Great Skua] | Stercorarius skua | |
| 62 | [South Polar Skua] | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
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| 63 | Swallow-tailed Gull | Creagrus furcatus | Many |
| 64 | [Gray-hooded Gull] | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | EI,SCI |
| 65 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Many |
| 66 | Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Many |
| 67 | Lava Gull | Leucophaeus fuliginosus | Many |
| 68 | [Ring-billed Gull] | Larus delawarensis | |
| 69 | [Kelp Gull] | Larus dominicanus | Many |
| 70 | White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| 71 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Many |
| 72 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | CI,EI,NSI |
| 73 | [Inca Tern] | Larosterna inca | SCI |
| 74 | [Black Tern] | Chlidonias niger | BI,GI |
| 75 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Many |
| 76 | [Elegant Tern] | Thalasseus elegans | SCI |
| 77 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Many |
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| 78 | [Chilean Flamingo] | Phoenicopterus chilensis | FI |
| 79 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Many |
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| 80 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | II,SCI |
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| 81 | Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Many |
| 82 | [Red-tailed Tropicbird] | Phaethon rubricauda | CI |
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| 83 | Galapagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus | Many |
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| 84 | [Southern Royal Albatross] | Diomedea epomophora | |
| 85 | [Snowy Albatross] | Diomedea exulans | |
| 86 | Waved Albatross | Phoebastria irrorata | Many |
| 87 | [Black-footed Albatross] | Phoebastria nigripes | SCI |
| 88 | [Black-browed Albatross] | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| 89 | Elliot's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites gracilis | Many |
| 90 | [White-faced Storm-Petrel] | Pelagodroma marina | BI,GI |
| 91 | [White-bellied Storm-Petrel] | Fregetta grallaria | |
| 92 | Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | |
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| 93 | [Ringed Storm-Petrel] | Hydrobates hornbyi | II |
| 94 | [Leach's Storm-Petrel] | Hydrobates leucorhoa | GI |
| 95 | Ainley's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates cheirmornnestes | |
| 96 | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Many |
| 97 | [Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel] | Hydrobates tethys | Many |
| 98 | [Black Storm-Petrel] | Hydrobates melania | II |
| 99 | [Markham's Storm-Petrel] | Hydrobates markhami | GI |
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| 100 | [Southern Giant-Petrel] | Macronectes giganteus | |
| 101 | [Northern Giant-Petrel] | Macronectes halli | |
| 102 | [Southern Fulmar] | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| 103 | [Pintado Petrel] | Daption capense | |
| 104 | [Mottled Petrel] | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| 105 | Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | Many |
| 106 | Masatierra Petrel | Pterodroma defilippiana | |
| 107 | [Gould's Petrel] | Pterodroma leucoptera | SCI |
| 108 | [Antarctic Prion] | Pachyptila desolata | |
| 109 | [Parkinson's Petrel] | Procellaria parkinsoni | |
| 110 | [Pink-footed Shearwater] | Ardenna creatopus | EI,II |
| 111 | [Flesh-footed Shearwater] | Ardenna carneipes | |
| 112 | [Wedge-tailed Shearwater] | Ardenna pacificus | |
| 113 | [Sooty Shearwater] | Ardenna griseus | Many |
| 114 | Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris | Many |
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| 115 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Many |
| 116 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Many |
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| 117 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Many |
| 118 | [Brown Booby] | Sula leucogaster | EI,II,SCI |
| 119 | Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Many |
| 120 | Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | Many |
| 121 | [Peruvian Booby] | Sula variegata | |
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| 122 | Flightless Cormorant | Nannopterum harrisi | FDI,II,NSI |
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| 123 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Many |
| 124 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | FI |
| 125 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | II |
| 126 | [Tricolored Heron] | Egretta tricolor | |
| 127 | [Snowy Egret] | Egretta thula | Many |
| 128 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Many |
| 129 | Lava Heron** | Butorides sundevalli | II,SCI |
| 130 | {Green Heron} | Butorides virescens | SCI |
| 131 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Many |
| 132 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | Many |
| 133 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Many |
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| 134 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Many |
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| 135 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Many |
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| 136 | Galapagos Hawk | Buteo galapagoensis | Many |
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| 137 | American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Many |
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| 138 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Many |
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| 139 | Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | GI |
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| 140 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Many |
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| 141 | Red-masked Parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys | SCI |
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| 142 | Brujo Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus manus | Many |
| 143 | Galapagos Flycatcher | Myiarchus magnirostris | Many |
| 144 | [Eastern Kingbird] | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| 145 | [Fork-tailed Flycatcher] | Tyrannus savana | |
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| 146 | [Chivi Vireo] | Vireo chiri | |
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| 147 | [Bank Swallow] | Riparia riparia | EI,FI,GI,SCI |
| 148 | [Purple Martin] | Progne subis | EI |
| 149 | Galapagos Martin | Progne modesta | Many |
| 150 | [Brown-chested Martin] | Progne tapera | |
| 151 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Many |
| 152 | [Cliff Swallow] | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | EI |
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| 153 | Galapagos Mockingbird | Mimus parvulus | Many |
| 154 | Floreana Mockingbird | Mimus trifasciatus | CI,FI |
| 155 | Espanola Mockingbird | Mimus macdonaldi | EI |
| 156 | San Cristobal Mockingbird | Mimus melanotis | SCI |
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| 157 | [Cedar Waxwing] | Bombycilla cedrorum | GI |
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| 158 | Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | EI,GI |
| 159 | [Great-tailed Grackle] | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
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| 160 | [Northern Waterthrush] | Parkesia noveboracensis | SCI |
| 161 | [Prothonotary Warbler] | Protonotaria citrea | |
| 162 | [American Redstart] | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 163 | Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Many |
| 164 | [Blackpoll Warbler] | Setophaga striata | |
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| 165 | [Summer Tanager] | Piranga rubra | BI |
| 166 | [Scarlet Tanager] | Piranga olivacea | |
| 167 | [Rose-breasted Grosbeak] | Pheucticus ludovicianus | GI |
| 168 | [Indigo Bunting] | Passerina cyanea | |
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| 169 | [Saffron Finch] | Sicalis flaveola | |
| 170 | [Bananaquit] | Coereba flaveola | |
| 171 | Green Warbler-Finch | Certhidea olivacea | Many |
| 172 | Gray Warbler-Finch | Certhidea fusca | EI,FI,GI,SCI |
| 173 | Vegetarian Finch | Platyspiza crassirostris | Many |
| 174 | Woodpecker Finch | Camarhynchus pallidus | Many |
| 175 | Large Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus psittacula | Many |
| 176 | Medium Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus pauper | CI,FI |
| 177 | Small Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus parvulus | Many |
| 178 | Mangrove Finch | Camarhynchus heliobates | FDI,II |
| 179 | Small Ground-Finch | Geospiza fuliginosa | Many |
| 180 | Large Ground-Finch | Geospiza magnirostris | Many |
| 181 | Vampire Ground-Finch | Geospiza septentrionalis | |
| 182 | Genovesa Ground-Finch | Geospiza acutirostris | GI |
| 183 | Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch | Geospiza difficilis | FDI,SI |
| 184 | Common Cactus-Finch | Geospiza scandens | Many |
| 185 | Medium Ground-Finch | Geospiza fortis | Many |
| 186 | Espanola Ground-Finch | Geospiza conirostris | EI |
| 187 | Genovesa Cactus-Finch | Geospiza propinqua | GI |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.