Fluttering Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

Puffinus gavia

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Great Otway National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
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 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
2 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
7 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Fluttering Shearwater in Great Otway National Park?

About 0% of visitor-days record a Fluttering Shearwater sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Fluttering Shearwater in Great Otway National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Fluttering Shearwater in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.

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