Loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta
Sighting evidence at Los Lobos — El Muelle Reef
Photo: MARC MARTIN SOLA · CC BY-NC
Loggerhead turtles are year-round residents of Los Lobos and graze the sea grass meadows around El Muelle with calm regularity. The Canary Islands sit on a key Atlantic migration corridor and the islands' warm, food-rich inshore waters serve as both a foraging ground and developmental habitat for sub-adult turtles arriving from nesting beaches in the Cape Verde Islands. Individual animals have been satellite-tagged repeatedly at Los Lobos, revealing fidelity to the same feeding patches over multi-year periods.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Loggerhead sea turtle is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.