Galapagos Sea Birds

Category: Sea Birds
Number of Species: 47
Endemic Species: 13

CLASSIFICATION
Penguins: Galapagos penguins
Cormorants: Flightless Cormorant
Pelicans: Brown Pelican
Albatrosses: Waved Albatross
Shearwaters & Petrels: Audubon's Shearwater, Dark-rumped Petrel
Storm Petrels: Wedge-rumped Storm petrel, Elliot's Storm Petrel, Band-rumped Storm Petrel
Frigate birds: Magnificent Frigate bird, Great Frigate bird
Boobies: Blue-footed Booby, Red-footed Booby, Nazca (or Masked) Booby
Gulls: Swallow-tailed Gull, Lava Gull, Franklin's Gull
Terns: Common Noddy, Common Tern, Sooty Tern, Royal Tern
Tropicbirds: Red-billed Tropicbird

In total, 47 species of sea birds have been recorded in the Galapagos, 19 of which are resident to the Islands. The sea birds therefore account for nearly one third of all the species ever recorded in the islands and about the same proportion of the resident species.

Seabirds can be conveniently divided into 12 groups, as show in the table below. This shows the number of species recorded in each group and summarizes their status. If also shows the number of endemic species and the number of other species which are represented by endemic subspecies. Species are treated as migrants if they occur annually, vagrants being those recorded less frequently.