Galapagos Shore Birds & Water Birds

Category: Water Birds
Number of Species: 21
Endemic Species: 10

CLASSIFICATION
Grebes: Pied-billed Grebe
Ducks: White-cheeked pintail duck
Flamingos: Greater Flamingo
Rails and Crakes: Galapagos Rail, Paint-billed Crake, Common Gallinule
Herons and Egrets: Lava heron, Striated Heron, Great Blue Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Aucattle Egret

In total, 21 species of water birds have been recorded in Galapagos, 10 of which are endemic to the Islands. The water birds can be conveniently divided into five groups, as show in the table below.

Category: Shore Birds
Number of Species: 34
Endemic Species: 2

CLASSIFICATION
Oystercatchers: American Oystercatcher
Stilts: Black-necked Stilt
Plovers: Semi-palmated plover, Black-bellied plover
Sandpipers Phalaropes & Allies: Ruddy Turnstone, Wandering Tattler, Sanderling, Whimbrel, Northern Phalarope

In total, 34 species of shore birds have been recorded in Galapagos, only 2 of which are endemic. The shore birds can be conveniently divided into 4 groups as shown in the table below. This shows the number of species recorded in each group.