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Ecuador photos: wildlife


[last updated 23-Jul-2017] Below is a collection of photos taken in Ecuador. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler  Google+, copyright Mongabay.com 1999-2015. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Male frigatebird displaying its inflated red throat pouch



Galapagos tortoise



Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots



Sea lion



Galapagos tortoise



Marine iguana on a white sand beach



Pair of manta rays



Marine iguana



Nazca booby with a chick



Blue-footed booby



Galápagos penguins mating (Spheniscus mendiculus)



Galapagos tortoise



Marine iguana



Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)



Galapagos tortoise



Galapagos tortoise



Lava lizard



Red-footed booby



Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots



Galapagos tortoise



Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos



Land iguana



Swallow-tailed gulls mating



Red-footed booby



Galapagos tortoise



Pair of manta rays



Galapagos tortoise



Young sea lion



Red-footed booby



Marine iguana



Lava lizard



Male frigatebird with its red throat pouch puffed up



White-tipped reef shark



Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)



American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)



Hummingbird



Nazca booby



Nazca booby with chick



Red-footed booby



Golden Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri)



Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)



White-tipped reef shark



Hummingbird



Sea lion nursing its pup



Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at Cerro Brujo



Masked trogon (Trogon personatus)



Young sea lion



Galapagos tortoise



Sally Lightfoot Crabs



Young sea lion



Purple-collared woodstar (Myrtis fanny)



Finch



Frigatebirds displaying in the Galapagos



Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Galapagos tortoise



Swallow-tailed gulls mating



Frigatebirds displaying in the Galapagos



Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick



Galapagos tortoise



Nazca boobies doing a display



Hummingbird



Nazca booby with a chick



Hummingbird



Galapagos tortoise



Marine iguana



Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Marine iguana



Búho campestre de las Galapagos (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Land iguana



Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)



School of fish



Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos



Galapagos tortoise



Galapagos Short-eared Owl



Land iguana



Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) at Cerro Brujo



Galapagos penguins mating



Galapagos penguins



Galápagos penguins mating (Spheniscus mendiculus)



Sally lightfoot crab



Red-footed booby



Marine iguana on a white sand beach



Land iguana



Sea lion



Galapagos tortoise



Marine iguana



Rays



Sea lion



Sea lions underwater



Nazca booby with a chick



Young sea lion



Nazca booby with a chick



Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)



Frigatebirds displaying in the Galapagos



Sea lion nursing its pup



Young sea lion



Red-footed booby



Galapagos tortoise



Galapagos tortoise



Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Hummingbird



Galapagos tortoise



Red-footed booby



Lava lizard



Galapagos tortoise



Blue-footed booby



Sea lions barking



Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)



Male frigatebird with its red throat pouch inflated



Nazca booby with chick



White-tipped reef shark



Sea lions



Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)



Bird



Galapagos tortoise



Nazca booby with a chick



Nazca booby



Galapagos Sawtail Tang (Prionurus laticlavis)



Nazca booby with chick



Nazca booby with chick



Fish



Hammerhead sharks



Nazca booby



Land iguana



Galapagos tortoise



Hammerhead sharks



Galápagos Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)



Nazca booby nesting



Land iguana



Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos



Bird



Marine iguana



Marine iguana on a red sand beach



Nazca booby



Triggerfish in a garden of eels



Frog



Hammerhead sharks



Galapagos sea lion



Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)



Nazca booby with chick



Nazca booby with chick



Nazca boobies doing a display



Galapagos penguins holding flippers



Nazca boobies doing a display



Red-footed booby



Finch



Divers with sea lions in the Galapagos



Red-footed booby



Lonesome George, the tortoise



Masked trogon (Trogon personatus)



Nazca booby



Frog



Male frigatebird displaying



Hummingbird



Young sea lion



Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)



Land iguana



Blue-footed booby



Nazca booby with chick



Galapagos tortoise



Hummingbird



Male frigatebird with its red throat pouch inflated



Frigatebird displaying in the Galapagos



Sea lion



Red-footed booby



Lava lizard



Galapagos tortoise



Frigatebird in the Galapagos



Sea lion



Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)



American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)



Galápagos sea lion at the Puerto Ayora fish market



Masked trogon (Trogon personatus)



Hummingbird



Galápagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)



Sea lion underwater



Great blue heron



Nazca booby



Diver with a ray


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