Sooty Shearwater

Closest Relatives at Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve

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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	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
2	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
3	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
4	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
5	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
6	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	0–10%
7	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
8	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
9	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
10	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
11	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
12	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
14	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
16	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
17	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
19	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
20	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
21	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
22	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
23	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
24	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
25	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
26	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
27	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
28	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
29	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
30	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
31	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
32	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
33	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
34	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
35	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
36	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Shearwater in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve?

May has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve in our monthly data.