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Hawk on Isabela Island, protecting its meal, a dead newborn sea lion pup. This hawk lives mainly on insects such as locusts and giant centipedes, as well as racer snakes (Alsophis spp.), lava lizards (Microlophus albemarlensis), and both native and introduced species of rodents, including Galápagos rice rats (Aegialomys galapagoensis), house mice (Mus musculus), and black rats (Rattus rattus).
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Galapagos flycatcher. Order: Passeriformes Family: Tyrannidae. Tyrant flycatchers are a group of American passerines which are not related to the Old World flycatchers of the family Muscicapidae. Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana (A) Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus (A) Galapagos flycatcher, Myiarchus magnirostris (E)
The only native predator of the species is the Galápagos hawk. [2] Other threats are possible hybridization with Galápagos land iguanas (unknown at present, but has occurred based on genetic evidence), as the ranges of the two species come into contact, and chance events such as eruptions of Wolf Volcano, [ 2 ] which has happened as recently ...
Galapagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) Galapagos martin (Progne modesta) Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) Great egret (Ardea alba) Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) Lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus) Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli) Magnificent frigatebird ...
Clockwise from top left: Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), cinereous harrier (Circus cinereus), greater spotted eagle (Clanga clanga), harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius), osprey (Pandion haliaetus), slate-colored hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus), Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis), white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) (center).
"The hawk is a magnificent bird, soaring up on the warm air currents and rising above to gain a perspective over the whole landscape," he describes. "It delights me every time I see a hawk ...
The Galápagos hawk was formerly the sole native predator of the tortoise hatchlings; Darwin wrote: "The young tortoises, as soon as they are hatched, fall prey in great numbers to the buzzard". [86] The hawk is now much rarer, but introduced feral pigs, dogs, cats, and black rats have become predators of eggs and young tortoises. [108]