Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusProcellaria (Procellaria Petrels)
- SpeciesProcellaria westlandica (Westland Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Abel Tasman National Park
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Westland Petrel at Abel Tasman National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |