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  • Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) scavenging scraps of Yellow-finned tuna (Thunnus albacares) which was being eaten by a  a Galapagos sealion (Zalophus wollebaeki)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    GC321_Frigatebirds_scavenging.tif
  • Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male with inflated pouch<br />
Punta Cevallos, Española or Hood Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    1G6342 Great frigatebird male.jpg
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male flying.<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    3G1620_Great_Frigatebird.tif
  • Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) scavenging scraps of Yellow-finned tuna (Thunnus albacares) which was being eaten by a  a Galapagos sealion (Zalophus wollebaeki)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    GC321 Frigatebirds scavenging.tif
  • Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male with inflated pouch<br />
Punta Cevallos, Española or Hood Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    1G4667_Great_frigatebird_male.jpg
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male with inflated pouch, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00427313.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with chick, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00452138.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) and Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) being fed fish guts from fisherman in market, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00446628.jpg
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male with inflated pouch, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00427313.jpg
  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) eggs and chick, Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia
    Minden_00477545.jpg
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_130.tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_220.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_217.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_215.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_169.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_131.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_124.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_111.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_105.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_101.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_100.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_26.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_25.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_11.tif
  • Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Sabine's_gull_211.tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_171.tif
  • Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspiccillata)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Spectacled_Petrel_165.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_225.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_277.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_204.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_139.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_133.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_125.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_118.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_106.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_103.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_83.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_92.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_69.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_63.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_40.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_62.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_35.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_22.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_13.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_12.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Northern_Giant_Petrel_208.tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Cory's Shearwater (Calonectis diomedea)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Cory's_Shearwater_4.tif
  • Cory's Shearwater (Calonectis diomedea)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Cory's_Shearwater_7.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_49.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_288.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_212.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_287.tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_173.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_123.tif
  • Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Sabine's_gull_219.tif
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_971.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_911.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_899.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_788.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_787.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_390.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_287.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_61.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_46.TIF
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1612_Flightless_Cormorant.tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0440_Flightless_Cormorants.tif
  • Brown Pelican in the street (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)<br />
Puerta Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These birds are relatives of the frigate birds. However they use their pouches for trapping water and with luck some fish. Brown pelicans are the smallest of the family and the only pelicans which are truly marine and also together with the Peruvian pelicans that plunge-dive to catch their food. They nest in scattered colonies throughout the archipelago. Breeding occurs in any month, although particular colonies are synchronised.
    2G2259_Brown_Pelicans_in_Road.tif
  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) & Brown Pelicans being fed fish guts from fisherman in fishmarket (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These birds are relatives of the frigate birds. However they use their pouches for trapping water and with luck some fish. Brown pelicans are the smallest of the family and the only pelicans which are truly marine and also together with the Peruvian pelicans that plunge-dive to catch their food. They nest in scattered colonies throughout the archipelago. Breeding occurs in any month, although particular colonies are synchronised.
    1G460_Sea_lion_&_Pelicans_in_fishmar...tif
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) among Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) <br />
Punta Moreno, Isabela Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    20161116_Galapagos_Penguin_&_marine_...tif
  • Nazca booby (Sula granti)<br />
Vicente Roca, Isabela Island<br />
GALAPAGOS,  Ecuador, South America
    20161124_Nazca_booby_3.tif
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest<br />
Isabela Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0747_Flightless_Cormorant_on_Nest.tif
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
Isabela Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    3G0619_Galapagos_Penguin.tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Nannopterum harrisi) on Nest<br />
Espinosa Point<br />
Fernandina Island<br />
Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    20160619_Flightless_Cormorants_on_Ne...jpg
  • Flightless Cormorants (Nannopterum harrisi) on Nest<br />
Espinosa Point<br />
Fernandina Island<br />
Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
Galapagos<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    20160619_Flightless_Cormorants_on_Ne...jpg
  • 3G2120 Galapagos Penguin.jpg
  • Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch (Geospiza difficilis) pair feeding on blood from Nazca Booby (Sula granti), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00427380.jpg
  • Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return in early October to breed after their winter pelagic wandering. The males return about 10 days before the females. They nest in close-packed colonies on cliffs, often in association with Black-browed albatross and King Cormorants. They lay 2 eggs. The first egg is smaller and the chick is rarely reared to fledging. After the chicks fledge in April the colonies are once again deserted. They are the most abundant penguin species in the Falklands. They feed mostly on squid, Lobster Krill and fish.<br />
RANGE: Subantarctic Islands, Cape Horn, Ildefonso Island, Isla Morton, Isla Hornos and Southern Chile, Falkands and a few in South Georgia. Also Tristan de Cunha, Gough, St Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Campbell, Antipodes and Auckland Islands.
    WP776 Rockhopper Penguin.jpg
  • Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return in early October to breed after their winter pelagic wandering. The males return about 10 days before the females. They nest in close-packed colonies on cliffs, often in association with Black-browed albatross and King Cormorants. They lay 2 eggs. The first egg is smaller and the chick is rarely reared to fledging. After the chicks fledge in April the colonies are once again deserted. They are the most abundant penguin species in the Falklands. They feed mostly on squid, Lobster Krill and fish.<br />
RANGE: Subantarctic Islands, Cape Horn, Ildefonso Island, Isla Morton, Isla Hornos and Southern Chile, Falkands and a few in South Georgia. Also Tristan de Cunha, Gough, St Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Campbell, Antipodes and Auckland Islands.
    WP658 Rockhopper Penguins.jpg
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting<br />
West Point Island. Off west coast of West Falkland. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return to the same nest annually. The nest is a a solid pillar up to 50cm high of mud and guano with some grass and seaweed incorporated. A single egg is laid in October and juveniles fledge between mid March and April. They have a circumpolar range betweeen 65 S and 20 south and breed on Subantarctic Islands, Including South Georgia and islands off southern South America. In the Falklands they are also found on Beauchene, Saunders, Keppel Island, the Jasons and New Island.<br />
LISTED AS ENDANGERED
    WP657 Black-browed Albatross.jpg
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting<br />
West Point Island. Off west coast of West Falkland. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return to the same nest annually. The nest is a a solid pillar up to 50cm high of mud and guano with some grass and seaweed incorporated. A single egg is laid in October and juveniles fledge between mid March and April. They have a circumpolar range betweeen 65 S and 20 south and breed on Subantarctic Islands, Including South Georgia and islands off southern South America. In the Falklands they are also found on Beauchene, Saunders, Keppel Island, the Jasons and New Island.<br />
LISTED AS ENDANGERED
    WP607 Black-browed Albatross.jpg
  • Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome)<br />
West Point Island. Off of West Falkland Island. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return in early October to breed after their winter pelagic wandering. The males return about 10 days before the females. They nest in close-packed colonies on cliffs, often in association with Black-browed albatross and King Cormorants. They lay 2 eggs. The first egg is smaller and the chick is rarely reared to fledging. After the chicks fledge in April the colonies are once again deserted. They are the most abundant penguin species in the Falklands. They feed mostly on squid, Lobster Krill and fish.<br />
RANGE: Subantarctic Islands, Cape Horn, Ildefonso Island, Isla Morton, Isla Hornos and Southern Chile, Falkands and a few in South Georgia. Also Tristan de Cunha, Gough, St Paul and Amsterdam Islands, Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, Macquarie, Campbell, Antipodes and Auckland Islands.
    WP588 Rockhopper Penguin.jpg
  • Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)<br />
West Point Island. Off north coast of West Falkland. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
RANGE: Juan Fernandez Island in Pacific, Islands along coast of Southern Chile to islands off Cape Horn, South Atlantic coast of Argentina up to Valdez Peninsula and Falkland Islands.<br />
These penguins are migrants and breed in the Falklands. They are fairly widely distributed in the Falklands. They nest in burrows beneath tussock pedestals. Breeding begins mid October. Incubation is 38-41 days and young are fully moulted by late January. Adults will vacate the site after their moult in March. They feed extensively on schooling fish and squid.
    WP459 Magellanic Penguin.jpg
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting<br />
West Point Island. Off west coast of West Falkland. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return to the same nest annually. The nest is a a solid pillar up to 50cm high of mud and guano with some grass and seaweed incorporated. A single egg is laid in October and juveniles fledge between mid March and April. They have a circumpolar range betweeen 65 S and 20 south and breed on Subantarctic Islands, Including South Georgia and islands off southern South America. In the Falklands they are also found on Beauchene, Saunders, Keppel Island, the Jasons and New Island.<br />
LISTED AS ENDANGERED
    WP256 Black-browed Albatross.jpg
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) nesting<br />
West Point Island. Off west coast of West Falkland. FALKLAND ISLANDS.<br />
They return to the same nest annually. The nest is a a solid pillar up to 50cm high of mud and guano with some grass and seaweed incorporated. A single egg is laid in October and juveniles fledge between mid March and April. They have a circumpolar range betweeen 65 S and 20 south and breed on Subantarctic Islands, Including South Georgia and islands off southern South America. In the Falklands they are also found on Beauchene, Saunders, Keppel Island, the Jasons and New Island.<br />
LISTED AS ENDANGERED
    WP156 Black-browed Albatross.jpg
  • Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) at nest with chick<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    SC2527_Flightless_cormorants.jpg
  • Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    GAL1549_Galapagos_penguin.jpg
  • Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    GAL1525_Galapagos_penguins.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1722_Flightless_Cormorant.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi).<br />
Isabela Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0263_Flightless_Cormorant.jpg
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
off of Puerto Villamil, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    1G9499_Galapagos_Penguin.jpg
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