A PIECE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH, not for anything they say the "Enchanted Islands"
13 large volcanic islands.
6 small islands.
107 rocks and islets. Endemic
:
- Giant Turtle and Tortoise, Geochelone elephantopus , which is the animal that gave its name to the islands
- Land Iguana, Conolophus subcristatus and Conolophus palidus .
- Marine Iguana , Amblyrhynchus cristatus (the only species of iguana that seeks its food in the sea.)
- The endemic lava gull, Larus fuliginosus .
- 13 endemic species finches, of which the best known is a species of bird vampire that feeds on the blood of infected birds and is known as Darwin's finches which inhabits the northernmost island of the archipelago, Wolf.
- The Galápagos Penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus (the only species that was recorded in the northern hemisphere, in the northern part of Isabela Island).
- A kind of flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi .
- Kestrel or the Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis ), also endemic.
- The dwarf heron Galapagos.
- The Galapagos burrito, an endemic bird family Rallidae .
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