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Birds along the Shore



 
The following birds can be mostly observed along the shores of the ocean and on the island's small lagoons. Represented here are birds which are commonly known as shorebirds but also herons,  gallinule, pintail, flightless cormorant, penguin and flamingo are shown here.



 

Haematopus palliatus

Himantopus mexicanus

American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt


 

Arenaria interpres

Sanderling

Wandering Tattler

 
Chardrius semipalmatus Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Plover Least Sandpiper

 

Gray Plover

Sanderlingr

 
Numenius phaeopus
Lava Gull (endemic) Whimbrel

 
Nyctanassa violacea  Ardea herodias
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Great Blue Heron

 
Phoenicopterus ruber Butorides sundevalli
Greater Flamingo Lava Heron (endemic)

 
Anas bahamensis
Common Gallinule White-cheeked Pintail

 
Nannopterum harrisi Spheniscus mendiculus
Flightless Cormorant Galapagos Penguin

 


 

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