Authors
Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui Wildlife Veterinarian & Curator, CDF Vertebrate Collections, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
David A. Wiedenfeld Ornithologist, American Bird Conservancy, The Plain, Va, USA.
F. Hernán Vargas Ornithologist, Peregrine Foundation, Panama City, Panama.
Howard L. Snell Professor and Curator, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, The Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico, USA.
What's New?
Latest species added:
- Aratinga erythrogenys Lesson, 1844
- Pterodroma phaeopygia Salvin, 1876
- Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844
Birds
Male Vermillion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), Volcán Darwin, Pinzón Island, Galápagos
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Birds are characterized by a constant body temperature, a pulmonary respiratory system, beaks, bodies covered in feathers, two legs, and two wings. Their reproduction is oviparous.
Of the 178 species recorded in Galapagos, 56 are endemic and native.
At present, no birds are known to be extinct in the Archipelago, but extinctions have occurred locally on some islands.
Authors: Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, David A. Wiedenfeld, F. Hernán Vargas, Howard L. Snell.
Other Contributors: Paola Buitrón, Birgit Fessl, Brian Milstead, Elizabeth Pillaert, Barbara West, Javier Zabala.
Names of taxa included: 180.
Origin of the taxa included: 5 accidental, 4 cultivated, 1 eradicated, 1 escaped, 45 endemic, 20 hypothetical, 11 indigenous, 29 migrant, 64 vagrant.
Aves Species Checklist
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Chordata
Class Aves
Order Anseriformes
Order Apodiformes
Order Caprimulgiformes
Order Charadriiformes
Order Ciconiiformes
Order Columbiformes
Order Coraciiformes
Order Cuculiformes
Order Falconiformes
Order Galliformes
Order Gruiformes
Order Passeriformes
Order Pelecaniformes
Order Phoenicopteriformes
Order Podicipediformes
Order Procellariiformes
Order Psittaciformes
Order Sphenisciformes
Order Strigiformes
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