Videos tagged with "endemic"

Galapagos Islands - Restless Isabela - Environmental Education [06:58]
A Galápagos island struggles to adapt to the modern world. The people of Isabela disagree with the management techniques of the Parque Nacional and to some extent take for granted to pristine and unique wildlife native to their island. RestlessIsabela.org
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Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus by Charlie Vogt 00101.MTS [00:51]
El Chical road, Carchi Province, Ecuador, 12 Dec 2011. One of a dozen individuals feeding in a fruiting tree. A rare Choco endemic which had eluded me for years.
Tags: birds, birding, birdwatching, Ecuador, Andes, Black Solitaire, Choco endemic, cloud forest, andeanbirding

Galapagos Island by prismash [07:02]
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km (525 nmi) west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part. Wildlife is its most notable feature. The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of around 23000. The islands are geologically young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The first crude navigation chart of the islands was done by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley in 1684. He named the individual islands after some of his fellow pirates or after the English noblemen who helped the privateer's cause. More recently, the Ecuadorian government gave most of the islands Spanish names. While the Spanish names are official, many users (especially ecological researchers) continue to use the older English names, particularly as those were the names used when Charles Darwin visited.
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"The Galapagos Voyage Part 2" Atullgupta's photos around San Cristóbal, Ecuador [02:28]
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to San Cristóbal, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Atullgupta titled "The Galapagos Voyage Part 2" Atullgupta's travel blog entry: "Day 4 - today we said goodbye to some of our passengers, who had booked the 4-day cruise, as opposed to our 8-day version. This meant going to San Cristobal Island, and getting away from the animals for a while whilst we explored the Galapagos Visitor centre, which explained the origins of the islands, its wildlife (endemic, native and introduced) and the environmental issues affecting the islands. The most dramatic of these was the impact of us as tourists, who now outnumber the local population. Add to this the carelessness of man by bringing verminous creatures and livestock that endanger the ecosystem and animals and man's own historic greed in wiping out species of tortoises by using their oils as fuels! It brought home the delicate nature of the island, and positively informed us of the measures taken to eradicate the infesting introduced species, and curbing of local population growth. Tourism must bring in too much money for the government to sanction against - but I wouldn't be surprised on forthcoming restrictions being placed. In an awkward way, I felt lucky we had a chance to see the islands. After lunch, we headed to Isla Lobos to reacquaint ourselves with familiar sea-lions and iguanas. However, the specialty of this place was the presence of the frigate birds, that have a dazzling ...
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Pale headed Brush Finch endemic seen in Yunguilla reserve , in Our Tumbesian and Ecuador endemic trip Febrary 2010 [00:19]

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