Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyPelecanoididae
- GenusPelecanoides (Diving Petrels)
- SpeciesPelecanoides urinatrix (Common Diving-Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
📅 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 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Diving-Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Common Diving-Petrel sighting in Fiordland National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Diving-Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Common Diving-Petrel in Fiordland National Park in our monthly data.