Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyHydrobatidae (Northern Storm-Petrels)
- GenusOceanites (Oceanites Storm-Petrels)
- SpeciesOceanites oceanicus (Wilson's Storm Petrel)
📅 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 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Isla del Coco National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wilson's Storm Petrel in Acadia National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Storm Petrel sighting in Acadia National Park, based on 356 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Storm Petrel in Acadia National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Storm Petrel in Acadia National Park in our monthly data.