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        Galapagos Shore & Lagoon Birds



 

Biodiversity of Ecuador.





 Galapagos I



 Galapagos II



 Galapagos III



 Isla La Plata



 Manabi Coast



 Jambeli



Dry Tropical I



 Churute



 Cloudforest



 Andean Valley



 Paramo I



 Paramo II



 Paramo III



 Amazon





 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadruius semipalmatus) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
White-cheeked Pintails (Anas bahamensis)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Sanderling (Calidris alba) 
Sanderling (Calidris alba) Commun Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus)
Lava Heron (Butorides sundevalli) endemic

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 



 

 

Other birds present in Galapagos are the wading birds, some of them are migrants, others residents and a few endemic like the lava heron. In many salt water lagoons close to the beach those birds can be seen feeding in those shallow waters.






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 Travel infomation of Ecuador.
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Erich Lehenbauer
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