Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus gavia (Fluttering Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Abel Tasman National Park
Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandica
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Fluttering Shearwater in Abel Tasman National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Fluttering Shearwater sighting in Abel Tasman National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Fluttering Shearwater in Abel Tasman National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Fluttering Shearwater in Abel Tasman National Park in our monthly data.