Cook's Petrel

Cook's Petrel

Pterodroma cookii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
<5% · Rare
overall probability at El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
<5%
2 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
3 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

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.

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