Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus bulleri (Buller's Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
📅 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 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Buller's Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Buller's Shearwater sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 32 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Buller's Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Buller's Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.