White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyHydrobatidae (Northern Storm-Petrels)
- GenusPelagodroma
- SpeciesPelagodroma marina (White-faced Storm Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
Garrodia nereis
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
📅 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 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-faced Storm Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a White-faced Storm Petrel sighting in Fiordland National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see White-faced Storm Petrel in Fiordland National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for White-faced Storm Petrel in Fiordland National Park in our monthly data.