Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Aboard M/V Corinthian, Darwin Bay, Genovesa, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2000 Merckslides catalogue number: 17(04)-20353 Comments: I read that this is the world's rarest gull, with fewer than 1000 individuals - a Galápagos endemic. And yet, whenever we saw them they were not merely fearless but downright confiding.

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Lobos Islet, San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2006 Merckslides catalogue number: 23(04)-23466 Comments:

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Fisherman's wharf, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51320 Comments:

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus (detail of above) Location: Fisherman's wharf, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51320 Comments:

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51435 Comments:

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51441 Comments:

Lava gull Larus fuliginosus Location: Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51448 Comments:

Lava gulls Larus fuliginosus Location: Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-51436 Comments: In four previous trips tot eh islands, I had only ever seen lava gulls one at a time. Suddenly, there was a group of nine juveniles, including the individuals here.

Lava gulls Larus fuliginosus juvenile Location: Urbina Bay, Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-76121 Comments: Aboard Yate Angelito.

Lava gulls Larus fuliginosus Location: Urbina Bay, Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-76122 Comments: Aboard Yate Angelito.

Lava gulls Larus fuliginosus Location: Urbina Bay, Isabela, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Year: 2008 Merckdigitals catalogue number: 04-76123 Comments: Aboard Yate Angelito.

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