Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus griseus (Sooty Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Manuel Antonio National Park
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus
Galápagos Shearwater
Puffinus subalaris
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Halocyptena microsoma
Oceanodroma microsoma
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Shearwater in Manuel Antonio National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Manuel Antonio National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Manuel Antonio National Park in our monthly data.