Great Shearwater

Closest Relatives at Acadia National Park

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	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
2	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
3	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
4	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
5	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
6	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
7	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
8	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
9	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Shearwater in Acadia National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Great Shearwater sighting in Acadia National Park, based on 105 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Shearwater in Acadia National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Great Shearwater in Acadia National Park in our monthly data.