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The Galápagos penguin: a unique species endemic to the archipelago

  • Author José David Cáceres
  • Posted on 1st May 202405/01/2024
  • Animals, Birds, Penguins, Sin categoría
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The Galápagos penguins are an endemic species (flightless birds exclusive to the archipelago), and they’re one of the eighteen species that inhabit the world. On April 25th, we celebrated World Penguin Day, a day to raise awareness about these aquatic flightless birds to preserve their species so that future generations get to see these distinguished

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Nazca Boobies

Latest Update on Genovesa Island: Negative Cases of Avian Influenza

  • Author José David Cáceres
  • Posted on 25th April 202404/25/2024
  • Birds, Birdwatching, Galapagos Islands
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Genovesa Island: the “Bird Island” Genovesa has been closed to public since September last year after positive cases of Avian Influenza. The “Bird Island”, located in the northern part, is home to the largest colony of Sula sula on earth. In addition to the Sula sula species, Genovesa is also home to a great variety

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Nazca Boobies

Activities on land and sea have resumed in the visiting sites of Punta Pitt and Isla Lobos on San Cristobal Island

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 8th April 202404/08/2024
  • Sin categoría
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As from today, April 8th, 2024, activities on land and sea have resumed in the visiting sites of Punta Pitt and Isla Lobos on San Cristobal Island after negative results of avian flu in sea bird colonies, according to an official statement from the Galápagos National Park What is the reason behind Punta Pitt and

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Update on the avian flu cases in the Galapagos Islands: site closures and reopenings  

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 20th March 202403/20/2024
  • Animals, Birds
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Background context The first cases of avian flu in the Galapagos Islands occurred on September 19th, 2023. Since then, environmental authorities have made observations and avian sample collection in live and dead birds, in at least 29 places in the archipelago. In this context, among the places where the disease was found are Genovesa Island

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The Blue-footed Booby

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 20th May 202105/21/2021
  • Galapagos Islands, Photography
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Welcome back! Fragata Yacht team hopes you’re doing great during these strange times. We’re always here to assist you ? In our previous blogs we had the opportunity to talk about the two booby’s species inhabiting the Galapagos Islands: The Nazca and the red-footed booby; today, we’re going to address some interesting facts about the

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The red-footed boobies

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 28th January 202101/28/2021
  • Birds, Birdwatching, Cruises, Nature, Photography
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We talked in our previous blog about the Nazca Booby, the largest of the three booby species inhabiting the Galapagos Islands. Today we are going to talk about the Red-footed Booby, the smallest of these kind of sea birds.  We invite you to read the following article about this incredible and fascinating native bird of

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Nazca Boobies

The Nazca Boobies

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 6th January 202101/06/2021
  • Animals, Birds, Birdwatching, Cruises, Photography
  • 0

First of all, we want to wish you a happy new year, may all your wishes come true in 2021! The Fragata Team is always here to assist you in any questions or doubts you may have. Interesting facts about the Nazca Booby species: Today, we’re going to talk in our blog about an amazing

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Galapagos: The perfect destination for birdwatchers

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 29th December 202012/29/2020
  • Activities, Birdwatching, Fragata Yacht, Nature
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The Galapagos Islands are the best destination for birdwatchers because of its incomparable fauna and flora wealth. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Enchanted Islands are home to nearly 9,000 species, many of them endemic (found nowhere else on earth). Approximately 80% of the land birds found here are endemic, such as

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The flightless cormorant

The Flightless Cormorant: A unique species to the islands

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 8th May 202005/20/2020
  • Animals, Cruises, Fragata Yacht, Galapagos Islands, Nature, News
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How has the quarantine been so far, for all you folks out there in the wild? We’re back with more information about creatures of the Galapagos Islands, and this time, we’d like to dedicate our attention to one small, very curious animal that is very, very special to us here at Fragata! One of the

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The most exotic birds of the Galapagos Islands

The most exotic birds of the Galapagos Islands

  • Author g4l4p4g0s
  • Posted on 31st January 202002/05/2020
  • Animals, Galapagos Islands, Nature
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The majestic Enchanted Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, 972 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador and are surrounded by thousands of miles of open sea. One of the most special attractions of this place, apart from its volcanoes, is its fauna. The Galapagos Islands have numerous of endemic species. Visitors notice about nineteen

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