Make an Exhibit for that Country - Ecuador Part 4 - Galapagos Grandeur

1 - Marine Reserve

1A - Shark tank

• Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
• Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)
• Broomtail grouper or Mangrove grouper (Mycteroperca xenarcha)

1B - Larger sea turtle, elasmobranch and ray-finned fish tank

• Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
• Golden cownose ray or Pacific cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri)
• Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)
• Galapagos bullhead shark (Heterodontus quoyi)
• King angelfish (Holocanthus passer)
• Hieroglyphic/Giant hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus)
• Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)
• Concentric pufferfish or Bullseye pufferfish (Sphoeroides annulatus)
• Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)
• Razor surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius)

1C - Smaller turtle and ray-finned fish tank

• Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
• Pacific Creolefish (Paranthias colonus)
• Pacific Sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii)
• Flowery flounder or Peacock flounder (Bothus mancus)
• Galapagos gurnard or Galapagos Searobin (Prionotus miles)
• Peacock wrasse or Blue razorfish (Iniistus pavo)

1D - Single species tanks


1E - Crab exhibits


1F - Echinoderm exhibit

• Sand dollar Encope micropora tetrapora
• Chocolate chip starfish (Nidorellia armata)
• Brown sea cucumber (Isostichopus fuscus)

1G – Off-show aquatic animal husbandry areas, filtration room, quarantine facility and marine conservation breeding facility with viewing windows and educational signage

2 - Coastal walk-through aviary

• Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii excisa)
• Galapagos flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi)
• Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
• Galapagos petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia)
• Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus mesonauta)

2A – Main viewing area: replica of deck of HMS Beagle, with underwater viewing area in cellar underneath with education on Charles Darwin, the theory of evolution and the ecology of the Galapagos coasts

2B – Galapagos seabirds indoor exhibits in greenhouse structure, three large on-show exhibits and several more smaller off-show exhibits

3 – Pinniped exhibits

3A - Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)

3B - Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)

3C – Greenhouse with main indoor pinniped exhibits, holding areas and surrounding visitor areas

4 – Flamingo and Pelican aviaries

4A - American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus galapagensis) and Galapagos pintail (Anas bahamensis galapagensis)

4B - Galapagos brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) and Galapagos great blue heron (Ardea herodias cognata)

5 – Owls and falcons

5A - Galapagos Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)

5B - Galapagos barn owl (Tyto alba punctatissima)

5C - Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus cassini)

5D - Recreation of a lava tunnel in Galapagos with indoor owl and falcon exhibits

6 - Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)

7 – Lava heron (Butorides sundevalli)

8 – Large seabirds

Animals non-releasable rescues serving as ambassadors for their species and habitats

8A - Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens magnificens)

8B - Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)

9 – Smaller coastal and seabird aviaries

9A - Lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus)

9B - Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus)

9C - Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) and Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

10 Squamata house

Greenhouse structure supported by rock walls housing lizard and snake species

10A-10C Marine iguanas

10A - Marine Iguanas, subspecies Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus

10B – Marine Iguanas, subspecies Amblyrhynchus cristatus nanus

10C – Two exhibits for somewhat larger, older and stronger juvenile Marine iguanas

10D – Lizard vivarium rooms


10E – Snake vivarium rooms


10F-10I Galapagos Land iguanas

10F - Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus)

10G - Galapagos pink land iguana (Conolophus marthae)

10H - Santa Fe land iguana (Conolophus pallidus)

10I – Exhibits for somewhat larger, older and stronger juvenile land iguanas

10J - Nursery room with incubators and raising vivariums for smaller and younger iguanas and smaller reptiles, with visitor viewing window

11 - Galapagos rail (Laterallus spilonota)

12 - Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

13 - Charles Robert Darwin House

Large greenhouse building with exhibits within and around it

13A-E Galapagos giant tortoises, dome and saddle shell shapes and intermediates represented

13A - Española/Hood Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis hoodensis) [Saddle shell type]

13B - Western Santa Cruz Tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri) [Domed shell type]

13C - Sierra Negra Tortoise (Chelonoidis guentheri) [Intermediate shell type]

13D - Volcán Darwin Tortoise (Chelonoidis microphyes) [Intermediate shell type]

13E – Rearing area for juvenile Galapagos giant tortoises with different pens indoors and outdoors for different sizes of juveniles and a nursery room with incubators and vivariums for new hatchlings

13F – Mockingbird and Darwin’s finches aviaries, indoor and outdoors


13G - Charles Robert Darwin Galapagos Botanical Collection with species such as Scalesia species or Asteraceae shrubs/trees sometimes called the giant dandelion trees of Galapagos, Opuntia species or prickly-pear cacti, Candelabra cactus Jasminocereus thouarsii, Lava cactus Brachycereus nesioticus, Galapagos carpet weed Sesuvium edmonstonei , Gray matplant Tiquilia nesiotica, Darwin’s cotton Gossypium darwinii, Galapagos tomatoes Solanum cheesmaniae and Solanum galapagense, Darwiniothamnus lancifolius and Pleuropetalum darwinii set in an area landscaped to replicate the landscapes and habitats of the Galapagos islands

13H Galapagos walk-through aviary with native plant species

• Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
• Large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula)
• Medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper)
• Small tree finch (Camarhynchus parvulus)
• Large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris)
• Galapagos flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris)
• Darwin’s flycatcher or Little Vermillion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus nanus)

14 - Farm area with introduced and invasive species

14A - Domestic goat - Spanish goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

14B – Farm barn with indoor housing for goats, pigs, cats, rats and mice and two vivariums


14C - Greenhouse with an aviary housing Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) and a collection of plant species known to be invasive in Galapagos such as guava Psidium guajava, balsa Ochroma pyramidale, avocado Persea americana, hill raspberry Rubus niveus, red quinine tree Cinchona pubescens, elephant grass Pennisetum purpureum, common lantana Lantana camara, Cuban cedar Cedrela odorata, Angel’s trumpet Brugmansia species, Aristolochia odoratissima, Citrus trees Citrus species and Small-leaf spiderwort Tradescantia fluminensis

14D - Black rat (Rattus rattus) and House mouse (Mus musculus) cages

14E - Domestic cats (Spayed, from shelter) (Felis catus)

14F - Domestic pig – Duroc breed (Sus scrofa domesticus)

15 – Conservation Center

Ground floor: Museum room with educational displays on the environment of Galapagos and conservation, including animal replicas and natural history species, viewing windows into the indoor and outdoor exhibits for Red-footed boobies and Brown noddies and two indoor vivarium rooms


Upper floors: laboratory rooms and offices for researchers and conservationists

16 –Red-footed booby (White and brown morphs) (Sula sula) and Brown noddy (Anous stolidus galapagensis)

17 – Restaurant building serving sustainable seafood dishes and dished inspired by Ecuadorian cuisine with ingredients sourced as sustainably as possible, with viewing windows into seabird aviaries on both sides

18 – Coastal walk-through aviary with Nazca booby (Sula granti), Galapagos Shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) and Franklin’s gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

19 - Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea pauper) and Great egret (Egretta garzetta)