Birds
Galápagos hawk
Buteo galapagoensisConservation statusVulnerable
DietCentipedes, grasshoppers, lizards and young iguanas
Lifespan20-25 years
Size and weightAbout 55 cm, wingspan about 1.2 m
A dark brown bird of prey that shows no fear. Sometimes you can get within a few meters of it.
Claws
What makes it specialOne female mates with several males, and they all raise the chicks together.
Surprising factThe only top hunter on land in the Galápagos islands.
PopulationOnly about 500 birds. Endemic: it lives nowhere else in the world.
Fernandina and Santiago