Northern Giant Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Macronectes halli

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Royal National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Royal National Park?

About 0% of visitor-days record a Northern Giant Petrel sighting in Royal National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

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

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