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Galápagos
This checklist includes all bird species found in Galápagos , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2023. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Galápagos [map]
Other names: Archipiélago de Colón, Islas de Colónumio, Islas Galápagos; Provincia de Galápagos; Provincia de Galapagos
Last modified: 2024-08-03
See also: http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL003-06
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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis sylvicola | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Near-threatened |
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Galapagos Dove | Zenaida galapagoensis | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Introduced species |
| Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Paint-billed Crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
| Galapagos Rail | Laterallus spilonota | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Tawny-throated Dotterel | Oreopholus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Wilson's Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Vulnerable |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Vulnerable |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Swallow-tailed Gull | Creagrus furcatus | Near-endemic |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Gull | Leucophaeus modestus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| Lava Gull | Leucophaeus fuliginosus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Belcher's Gull | Larus belcheri | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | Rare/Accidental |
| Inca Tern | Larosterna inca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| South American Tern | Sterna hirundinacea | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Galapagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus | Endemic Endangered |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Waved Albatross | Phoebastria irrorata | Breeding endemic Critically endangered |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Elliot's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites gracilis | Data deficient |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ringed Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates hornbyi | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates tethys | |
| Black Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates melania | Rare/Accidental |
| Markham's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates markhami | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Least Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates microsoma | |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | Breeding endemic Critically endangered |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris | Breeding endemic |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Nazca Booby | Sula granti | |
| Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
| Peruvian Booby | Sula variegata | |
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| Flightless Cormorant | Nannopterum harrisi | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Galapagos Hawk | Buteo galapagoensis | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | |
| Brujo Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus nanus | Endemic |
| Galapagos Flycatcher | Myiarchus magnirostris | Endemic |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Galapagos Martin | Progne modesta | Endemic Endangered |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
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| Galapagos Mockingbird | Mimus parvulus | Endemic |
| Floreana Mockingbird | Mimus trifasciatus | Endemic Endangered |
| Española Mockingbird | Mimus macdonaldi | Endemic Vulnerable |
| San Cristobal Mockingbird | Mimus melanotis | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Rare/Accidental |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Rare/Accidental |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Rare/Accidental |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Warbler-Finch | Certhidea olivacea | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Gray Warbler-Finch | Certhidea fusca | Endemic |
| Vegetarian Finch | Platyspiza crassirostris | Endemic |
| Woodpecker Finch | Camarhynchus pallidus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Large Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus psittacula | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Medium Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus pauper | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Small Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus parvulus | Endemic |
| Mangrove Finch | Camarhynchus heliobates | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Small Ground-Finch | Geospiza fuliginosa | Endemic |
| Large Ground-Finch | Geospiza magnirostris | |
| Vampire Ground-Finch | Geospiza septentrionalis | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Genovesa Ground-Finch | Geospiza acutirostris | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch | Geospiza difficilis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Cactus-Finch | Geospiza scandens | Endemic |
| Medium Ground-Finch | Geospiza fortis | Endemic |
| Española Ground-Finch | Geospiza conirostris | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Genovesa Cactus-Finch | Geospiza propinqua | Endemic Vulnerable |
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