adult with chick in the nest (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)


Flightless Cormorant
Phalcrocorax harrisi

Native Range: South America (Galapagos Islands)

Notes: this cormorant is indeed flightless, having evolved in an archipelago basically free of large terrestrial predators.


adult showing its weak little wings (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)

nesting on a rocky shoreline (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)

nesting colony (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)

adult (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)

three birds on their nests (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)

view of an entire nesting colony (Galapagos, Ecuador; 2005-06-06)