Sandstone Cottage, Galapagos Trip Species List

Sandstone Cottage,     Galapagos Trip Species List

Scroll down to find the various different types
Mammals, Birds, Other Orders.

Total species = 84

Mammals, 2 species

    
      Galapagos Sea Lion                   Zalophus wollebaeki
    
 
      Galapagos Fur Seal                   Arctocephalus galapagoensis

Reptiles, 9 species

    
       Giant Tortoise                      Geochelone elephantopus
    
 
       Saddleback Tortoise                 Geochelone elephantopus hoodensis
    
  
       Pacific Green Turtle                Chelonia mydas agassisi
    
 
       Land Iguana (1)                     Conolophus pallidus
    
 
       Land Iguana (2)                     Conolophus subcristatus
    
 
       Marine Iguana                       Amblyrhyncus cristatus
    
 
       Lava Lizard (1)                     Microlophus delanonis
    
 
       Lava Lizard (2)                     Microlophus grayi
    
 
       Lava Lizard (3)                     Microlophus bivattatus

Birds, 42 species

     
       Hood Mockingbird                    Nesomimus macdonaldi
    
 
       Galapagos Mockingbird               Nesomimus parvulus
    
 
       Red-billed Tropicbird               Phaethon aethereus 
    
 
       Magnificent Frigatebird             Fregata magnificens magnificens
    
 
       Great Frigatebird                   Fregata minor ridgwayi
    
        
       Waved Albatross                     Diomedea irrorata
    
 
       Parkinsons Black Petrel             Procellaria parkinsoni
    
      
       Galapagos Storm Petrel              Oceanodroma tethys tethys
    
 
       Elliots Storm Petrel                Oceanites gracilis galapagoensis
    
 
       Wilsons Phalarope                   Phalaropus tricolor
    
 
       Black-necked Stilt                  Himantopus mexicanus  
    
    
       Blue-footed Booby                   Sula nebouxii excisa
    
 
       Red-footed Booby                    Sula sula      
    
 
       Masked Booby                        Sula dactylatra granti
    
 
       White-cheeked Pintail               Anas bahamensis galapagensis
    
 
       Greater Flamingo                    Phoenicopterus ruber
    
 
       Great Blue Heron                    Ardea herodias
    
 
       Cattle Egret                        Bubulcus ibis
    
 
       Striated Heron                      Butorides striatus
    
 
       Lava Heron                          Butorides sundevalli
    
 
       Yellow-crowned Night Heron          Nyctanassa violacea pauper
    
 
       Rudddy Turnsone                     Arenaria interptes
    
 
       Moorhen                             Gallinula chloropus
    
 
       Brown Pelican                       Pelecanus occidentalis urinator
    
 
       Common Noddy                        Anousstolidus galapagoensis
    
 
       American oystercatcher              Haematopus palliatus galapagensis
    
 
       Lava Gull                           Larus fuliginosus
    
  
       Swallow-tailed Gull                 Larus furcatus
    
 
       Galapagos Penguin                   Spheniscus mendiculus 
    
 
       Flightless Cormorant                Nannopterum harrisi 
    
 
       Galapagos Hawk                      Buteo galapagoensis
    
 
       Short-eared Owl                     Asio flammeus galapagoensis 
    
 
       Yellow Warbler                      Dendroica petechia aureolla
    
 
       Warbler Finch                       Certhidia olivacea
    
 
       Galapagos Dove                      Zenaida galapagoensis
    
   
       Smooth-billed Ani                   Crotophaga ani
    
 
       Galapagos Flycatcher                Myiarchus magnirostris
    
 
       Large Ground finch                  Geospiza magnirostris
    
        
       Large Cactus Finch                  Geospiza conirostris  
    
   
       Small Tree Finch                    Camarhynchus parvulus
    
 
       Small Ground Finch                  Geospiza fuliginosa
    
 
       Vegetarian Finch                    Platyspiza crassirostris

Other Orders, 14 species

     
       BUTTERFLIES
    
 
       Galapagos Sulphur                   Phoebis sennae marcellina
    
 
       Large-tailed Skipper                Urbanus dorantes galapagensis
    
 
       OTHER ORDERS    
    
 
       Western Galapagos Racer             Alsophis biseralis occidentalis
    
  
       Small Painted Locust                Schistocerca literosa
    
 
       Painted Locust                      Schistocerca Melanocera
    
 
       Spotless Ladybird                   Cyloneda sanguinea
    
 
       Sally Lightfoot Crab                Grapsus grapsus  
    
 
       Ghost Crab                          Ocypode gaudichaudii
    
      
       Carpenter Bee                       Xylocopa darwinii   
    
 
       Yellow Paper Wasp                   Polistes versicolor
    
 
       Diamond Stingray                   Dasyatis brevis
    
 
       Marbled Stingray                    Taeniura meyeri
    
 
       Bottlenose Dolphin                  Tursiops truncatus
    
 
       Black Tip Shark                     Carcharhinus limbatus

Plants, 17 Species

    
       Lava Catcus                         Brachycercus nestoticus
    
 
       Candelabra Catcus                   Jasminocercus thauarsii
    
 
       Darwins Cotton Flower               Gossypium darwinii  
    
 
       Blue Morning Glory                  Ipomoea nil      
    
      
       Incense Tree                        Bursera graveolens   
    
 
       Galapagos Acnistus                  Acnistus ellipticus
    
 
       Puncture Weed                       Tribulus cistoides  
    
       
       Prickly Pear Catcus                 Opuntia helleri
    
 
       Mollugo                             Mollugo flavescens gracillima
    
 
       Waltheria                           Waltheria ovata   
    
      
       Galapagos Passion Flower            Passiflora foetida galapagensis
    
    
       Galapagos Sedge                     Cyperus anderssonii
    
       
       Galapagos Acacia                    Acacia corudiana  
    
 
       Poison Apple                        Hippomane mancinella         
    
      
       White Mangrove                      Laguncularia racemosa
    
 
       Red Mangrove                        Rhizophora mangle
    
 
       Yellow Cordia                       Cordia lutea

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