White-faced Storm Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyHydrobatidae (Northern Storm-Petrels)
- GenusPelagodroma
- SpeciesPelagodroma marina (White-faced Storm Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Rakiura National Park
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
Garrodia nereis
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Buller's Mollymawk
Thalassarche bulleri
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
📅 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 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-faced Storm Petrel in Rakiura National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a White-faced Storm Petrel sighting in Rakiura National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see White-faced Storm Petrel in Rakiura National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for White-faced Storm Petrel in Rakiura National Park in our monthly data.