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Galapagos Islands tourist attractions
Sea birds
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Masked Booby: (Sula
dactylatra granti) The largest of the three species of boobies
found in the islands, and also handsomest. They are also plunge-divers.
It is interesting that
Masked Boobies always lay two eggs but only
raise one chick.
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Waved Albatross: (Diomedea irrorata) It is the largest
bird that breeds in Galapagos.
There are about 12,000 pairs. The Waved
Albatross breeds only on the southern island of
Española. The
birds are only present sometime between about April and
December. |
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Red-billed Tropicbird:
(Phaethon aethereus) Tropicbird colonies are widespread
throughout the
archipelago, particularly in South Plaza and Genovesa.
These birds are plunge-divers, feeding far out in the sea. |
How long is
the flight from Ecuador to Galapagos? |
