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)
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates homochroa
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Halocyptena microsoma
Oceanodroma microsoma
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
📅 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 Channel Islands National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Storm Petrel sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Storm Petrel in Channel Islands National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Storm Petrel in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.