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| Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest. Image ID: 16726 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Nazca booby in flight. Image ID: 16681 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Darwins Arch, a dramatic 50-foot tall natural lava arch, rises above the ocean a short distance offshore of Darwin Island. Image ID: 16621 Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos sea lion on volcanic rocks, sunset. Image ID: 16504 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Blue-footed booby, courtship display, Punta Suarez. Image ID: 01797 Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii Location: Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Galapagos fur seal. Image ID: 10069 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: James Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos sea lions. Image ID: 10075 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Mosquera Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos sea lion, whiskers. Image ID: 10091 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Marine iguana, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01719 Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Nazca booby, Punta Suarez. Image ID: 01763 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Blue-footed booby, courtship display. Image ID: 01791 Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Sally Lightfoot crab. Image ID: 01896 Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos penguin at sunset. Image ID: 02267 Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos land iguana. Image ID: 16581 Species: Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile. Image ID: 02271 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with raised wings and throat pouch inflated in a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16728 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Great frigate bird (note green scapular feathers), adult male. Image ID: 02272 Species: Great frigatebird, Fregata minor Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Brown pelican. Image ID: 02273 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Marine iguana. Image ID: 01715 Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus Location: James Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Marine iguana, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01718 Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Greater flamingo. Image ID: 02279 Species: Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Flightless cormorant dries its stubby wings after emerging from the ocean. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle. Image ID: 16546 Species: Flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Flightless cormorant perched on volcanic coastline. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle. Image ID: 16547 Species: Flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Flightless cormorant. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle. Image ID: 16552 Species: Flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Marine iguana on volcanic rocks at the oceans edge, Punta Albemarle. Image ID: 16576 Species: Marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos tortoise, Santa Cruz Island species, highlands of Santa Cruz island. Image ID: 16490 Species: Galapagos tortoise, Geochelone nigra Location: Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Galapagos penguins. Image ID: 16517 Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Nazca booby. Image ID: 16530 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Nazca booby. Image ID: 16531 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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