Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyDiomedeidae (Albatrosses)
- GenusPhoebastria (North Pacific Albatrosses)
- SpeciesPhoebastria irrorata (Waved Albatross)
Closest Relatives at Machalilla National Park
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Galápagos Petrel
Pterodroma phaeopygia
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
Elliot's Storm Petrel
Oceanites gracilis
📅 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 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Waved Albatross in Machalilla National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Waved Albatross sighting in Machalilla National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Waved Albatross in Machalilla National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Waved Albatross in Machalilla National Park in our monthly data.