Common Diving-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	0–10%
2	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
3	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
4	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
5	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Diving-Petrel in Rakiura National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Common Diving-Petrel sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 84 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Diving-Petrel in Rakiura National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Common Diving-Petrel in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.