Cape Petrel
Daption capense
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusDaption
- SpeciesDaption capense (Cape Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandica
Broad-billed Prion
Pachyptila vittata
📅 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 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cape Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Cape Petrel sighting in Fiordland National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cape Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Cape Petrel in Fiordland National Park in our monthly data.