178 species of birds have been observed there, 56 of which are found nowhere else. Among the most outstanding are penguins, Darwin's finches, frigatebirds, albatrosses, gulls, guillemots, pelicans, Galapagos hawks, the flightless cormorant, which has lost its ability to fly, and the nearly flightless Galapagos corncrake.
More than a hundred species of birds in the Galapagos were discovered by Charles Darwin.
