Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus carneipes (Flesh-footed Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
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 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 7 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Flesh-footed Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Flesh-footed Shearwater sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 87 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Flesh-footed Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Flesh-footed Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.