Birds of the Galapagos Islands Videos
Biology Department, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
This page contains digital videos I have taken of birds for use in my courses at Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire. The clips are short and primarily intended for species identification. All recordings were made in the Galapagos Islands from 11-17 April 2010. They also contain specific behaviors (e.g., foraging, bathing, sunning, wing drying, etc.) that I am trying to show my students. Click on the common name of each species to view the video.
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Anatidae
White-cheeked Pintail (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Galapagos National Park, 4/13/10)
Spheniscidae
Galapagos Penguin (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Fernandina, Punta Espinoza, 4/14/10)
Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo adult and juv. foraging (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands,Floreana, Punta Cormorant, 4/16/10)
Diomedeidae
Waved Albatross
Waved Albatross bill clapping courtship (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Waved Albatross soaring (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Procellariidae
Galapagos Shearwater Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, (Isabella, Punta Moreno, 4/15/10)
Sulidae
Nazca Booby
Nazca Booby comfort movement (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Nazca Booby head scratching (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Nazca Booby downy young (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Nazca Booby molting young (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Blue-footed Booby courtship dance by male (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, North Seymour Island, 4/11/10)
Pelecanidae
Brown Pelican (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, North Seymour Island, 4/11/10)
Phalacrocoracidae
Flightless Cormorant
Flightless Cormorant drying wings (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabela, Punta Vicente Roca, 4/14/10)
Flightless Cormorant walking, hopping Ecuador: Galapagos Islands,(Fernandina, Punta Espinoza, 4/14/10)
Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, North Seymour Island, 4/11/10)
Ardeidae
Striated Heron
Striated Heron Form (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabella, Urvina, 4/15/10)
Lava Heron Form (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Floreana, Punta Cormorant, 4/16/10)
Accipitridae
Galapagos Hawk (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Fernandina, Punta Espinoza, 4/14/10)
Haematopodidae
American Oystercatcher (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Bartolome Island, 4/12/10)
Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Floreana, Punta Cormorant, 4/16/10)
Scolopacidae
Wandering Tattler (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Whimbrel (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Bartolome Island, 4/12/10)
Ruddy Turnstone (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
Laridae
Swallow-tailed Gull
Swallow-tailed Gull (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, North Seymour Island, 4/11/10)
Swallow-tailed Gull copulation (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Lava Gull (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Porta Ayora, 4/13/10)
Common Noddy feeding young (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabela, Punta Vicente Roca, 4/14/10)
Columbidae
Galapagos Dove (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Cuculidae
Dark-billed Cuckoo (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabella, Urvina, 4/15/10)
Smooth-billed Ani (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
Tyrannnidae
Galapagos Flycatcher collecting flamingo feathers for nesting (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Floreana, Punta Cormorant, 4/16/10)
Mimidae
Galapagos Mockinbird
Galapagos Mockingbird (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
Galapagos Mockingbird wing-flash behavior (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
Galapagos Mockingbird nest-building (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station, 4/13/10)
Floreana Mockingbird (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Champion Island, 4/16/10)
Espanolo Mockingbird Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, (Espanolo, Gardner Bay and Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Parulidae
Yellow Warbler male (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station, 4/13/10)
Emberizidae
Large Ground Finch nesting and courtship display (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabella, Urvina, 4/15/10)
Medium Ground Finch
Medium Ground Finch male (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Isabella, Urvina, 4/15/10)
Medium Ground Finch juv. (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station, 4/13/10)
Small Ground Finch
Small Ground Finch male (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Porta Ayora kisosk, 4/13/10)
Small Ground Finch fermale (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Porta Ayora kisosk, 4/13/10)
Common Cactus Finch
Common Cactus Finch male (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station, 4/13/10)
Common Cactus Finch female (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station, 4/13/10)
Large Cactus Finch (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Warbler Finch
Warbler Finch orange throat form (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Galapagos National Park, 4/13/10)
Warbler Finch (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Espanolo, Punta Suarez, 4/17/10)
Mutualism - Darwin's Finch and Marine Iguana (Ecuador: Galapagos Islands, Santiago, Porta Egas, 4/12/10)
