Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPterodroma (Gadfly Petrels)
- SpeciesPterodroma cookii (Cook's Petrel)
Closest Relatives at El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Halocyptena microsoma
Oceanodroma microsoma
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
📅 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 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cook's Petrel in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Cook's Petrel sighting in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cook's Petrel in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Cook's Petrel in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.