Northern Giant 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	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	20–30%
2	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
3	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
4	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
5	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	<5%
6	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
7	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
9	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
10	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

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

About 3% of visitor-days record a Northern Giant Petrel sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 44 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

November has the highest sighting rate for Northern Giant Petrel in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.