Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyDiomedeidae (Albatrosses)
- GenusThalassarche (Mollymawks)
- SpeciesThalassarche cauta (Shy Mollymawk)
Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
📅 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 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 10 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Shy Mollymawk in Rakiura National Park?
About 35% of visitor-days record a Shy Mollymawk sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 492 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Shy Mollymawk in Rakiura National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Shy Mollymawk in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.