Kalinago Wren

Brown hawk endemic to Galápagos. Adult is quite dark and may appear nearly black in harsh light; also note white barring in wings and tail, and yellow at base of bill. Juvenile is washed with tawny with darker brown spots on underparts. Rests on exposed perches such as treetops and boulders. Hunts on the wing and sometimes hovers in place while searching for prey.

A pretty, intricately marked medium-sized francolin with a brown back, rufous underparts, and a white throat bordered with black spots. The wings show large rufous patches in flight. Found at high elevations in alpine grassland and heath, often in small groups. Similar to Shelley’s Francolin, but found in different habitat at higher elevations, and separated by many details, including the more solidly rufous underparts without heavy black barring on the belly. The vocalizations include a series of “squee-chee” notes, and a squealing call often given in flight.

A medium-sized gadfly petrel with long, pointed wings, long tail, and elastic, powerful flight. Bill is short and thick. Upperparts all dark. Has two color morphs—dark and pale. In pale morph, head and breast dark, contrasting with white belly, creating a hooded appearance. Undertail coverts dark. Dark morph is all dark on belly. In both morphs underwing has pale mid-wing panel across the entire wing.