Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus bulleri (Buller's Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
📅 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 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Buller's Shearwater in Olympic National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Buller's Shearwater sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Buller's Shearwater in Olympic National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Buller's Shearwater in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.