Cape Petrel

Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park

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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	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
2	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
3	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	<5%
4	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
5	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
6	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
7	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Cape Petrel in Rakiura National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Cape Petrel sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 50 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Cape Petrel in Rakiura National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Cape Petrel in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.