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===Fauna=== The Juan Fernández Islands have a very limited fauna, with no native land [[mammal]]s, [[reptile]]s, or [[amphibia]]ns. Seventeen land and sea-bird species breed on the islands. The island has three endemic bird species, and three endemic subspecies. Introduced fauna by humans include [[rat]]s and [[goat]]s. [[Robinson Crusoe Island]] is home to an endemic and endangered [[hummingbird]], the [[Juan Fernández firecrown]] (''Sephanoides fernandensis''). This large [[hummingbird]], about {{convert|11|cm|0|abbr=on}} long, is thought to number only about 500 individuals. The other endemic bird species are the [[Juan Fernández tit-tyrant]] (''[[Anairetes]] fernandezianus'') of Robinson Crusoe Island, and the [[Masafuera rayadito]] (''Aphrastura masafuerae'') of Alejandro Selkirk Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v7/TCS-2014-Vol7(4)_677-689_Gonzalez.pdf|title=Gonzalez J. (2014). Phylogenetic position of the most endangered Chilean bird: the Masafuera Rayadito (''Aphrastura masafuerae''; Furnariidae). ''Tropical Conservation Science''. 7:677–689.}}</ref> The islands support the entire known breeding populations of two petrel species, [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3892 Stejneger's Petrel] ''Pterodroma longirostris'' ([http://www.redlist.org IUCN] status VU) and the [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3899 Juan Fernandez Petrel] ''Pterodroma externa'' ([http://www.redlist.org IUCN] status VU). In addition, the Juan Fernandez Islands may still support a third breeding petrel species, [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3891 De Filippi's Petrel] ''Pterodroma defilippiana'' ([http://www.redlist.org IUCN] status VU), whose only other known breeding grounds are on the [[Desventuradas Islands]]. The [[Magellanic penguin]] breeds on Robinson Crusoe Island within the [[archipelago]].<ref>Hogan, C. Michael (2008) [http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=232 "Magellanic Penguin"]. Global Twitcher. Retrieved 5 March 2010.</ref> All three islands of the Juan Fernandez archipelago have been recognised as [[Important Bird Area]]s (IBAs) by [[BirdLife International]].<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/parque-nacional-archipiélago-de-juan-fernández:-islas-robinson-crusoe-and-santa-clara-iba-chile|title= Islas Robinson Crusoe and Santa Clara|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 22 January 2021}}</ref> The endemic Juan-Fernandez spiny lobster (without claws) lives in the marine waters (''[[Jasus frontalis]]''). The [[Juan Fernández fur seal]] (''Arctophoca philippii'') also lives on the islands. This species was nearly exterminated in the sixteenth to nineteenth century, but it was rediscovered in 1965. A census in 1970 found about 750 [[fur seal]]s living there. Only two were sighted on the [[Desventuradas Islands]], located some {{convert|780|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} to the north. The actual population of the Desventuradas may be higher, because the species tends to hide in sea caves. There seems to be a yearly population increase of 16–17 percent.
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