Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus creatopus (Pink-footed Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Galápagos Petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Elliot's Storm Petrel
Oceanites gracilis
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
📅 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 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pink-footed Shearwater in Machalilla National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Pink-footed Shearwater sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 29 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pink-footed Shearwater in Machalilla National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Pink-footed Shearwater in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.