Birds of Galapagos
The Galapagos islands are located on a East-West axis of about 320 km. The archipelago is composed of 19 islands and 42 small islands or rocks emmerging of the water. The principal islands are Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina, James, San Cristobal, Floreana, Rabida, Seymour, Wolf, and Bartolomé. Because there are too many birds in the archipelago, I just chose to describe the most interesting for me. This penguin is proper to the Galapagos, this means we can find it nowhere but there. The bird is 53 cm long. It is the only penguin to be in a place located on the Equator. The adult is black at the back and the wings, and white in front and the wings, with a black line going from the upper bossom down the sides to the tail. The male is more massive than the female. The young are grey where the adult is black and are missing the head and bossom markings. Chicks are totally grey. Galapagos Penguins are usually found in small crowds (two to seven individuals), and even when the water temperature is less than 23°C, the crowds in the water can include up to 20 individuals. The Penguins are found on the islands Bartolomé, Rabida, Sombrero Chino, Fernandina, and Floreana. They feed themselves with fish a
Perrottet, Tony, et al. Le grand guide de l'Equateur. France: Gallimard, 1993. Constant, Pierre. Archipel des Galapagos. France : Twin Age Limited, 1994 ed. The reproducing cycle is extremely long – lasting almost two years. It starts with a courtship parade, during which the male pumps up his gular sack. As a female passes by, he shakes his open wings and calls. It's a really beautiful event to see. This frigatebird is a real air pirate. Because it ahs lost the impermeability of his plumage, it is limited to steal the other birds' preys. It eats turtle eggs and the newborns of the other birds.
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Blue-footed Boobies,
Cormorants It's,
Red-footed Boobies,
Fernandina Isabela,
Masked Boobies,
Tropicbirds Graceful,
Galapagos Penguins,
Isabela Fernandina,
North Seymour,
March September,
coast isabela,
west coast isabela,
darwin wolf,
found islands,
red-billed tropicbird,
bigger male,
25000 individuals,
black line,
masked boobies,
gular sack female,
rabida sombrero chino,
galapagos penguins,
proper galapagos,
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