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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).
Some predatory species adjust their habits in response to competition from other predators. For example, the subspecies of short-eared owl that lives on the Galápagos Islands is normally active during the day, but on islands like Santa Cruz that are home to the Galapagos hawk, the owl is crepuscular. [5] [6]
The Galapagos penguin is ... Galápagos hawks, and short-eared owls. [9 ... This flexibility in breeding patterns is a critical adaptation for survival in an ...
Also notable are Darwin's finches, frigatebirds, albatrosses, gulls, boobies, pelicans and Galápagos hawks. Two birds, the flightless cormorant and the Galápagos crake, which is nearly flightless, evolved to their successful form on the islands without natural predators.
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).
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 ...
Galapagos 3D is a British nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, directed by Martin Williams and filmed in 3D. Attenborough returns to the Galápagos Islands for the fourth time in his career and travels throughout the archipelago to explain their origins and their unique fauna in evolutionary terms.
However, the booby's habit of breeding on remote islands may be an adaptation to avoid predation; [13] on the Galápagos Islands, the red-footed booby does not nest on any islands inhabited by the Galapagos hawk, even when they have suitable conditions, and has been observed colonizing islands soon after the hawk is extirpated on them. [21]