Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Garden Route National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
10–20
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 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
70–80%
2 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
10–20%
3 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
4 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
5 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
6 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
7 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
9 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
10 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Giant Petrel in Garden Route National Park?

About 1% of visitor-days record a Southern Giant Petrel sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Giant Petrel in Garden Route National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Southern Giant Petrel in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.

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