Manx Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

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

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus griseus

<5% · Rare
Great Shearwater

Great Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus gravis

<5% · Rare
Little Shearwater
LC

Little Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus assimilis

Insufficient data
White-chinned Petrel
VU

White-chinned Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Procellaria aequinoctialis

0–10% · With luck
Northern Giant Petrel
LC

Northern Giant Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macronectes halli

<5% · Rare
Southern Giant Petrel
LC

Southern Giant Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macronectes giganteus

<5% · Rare
Antarctic Prion
LC

Antarctic Prion

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pachyptila desolata

<5% · Rare
Soft-plumaged Petrel
LC

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Bird

Pterodroma mollis

<5% · Rare
Great-winged Petrel
LC

Great-winged Petrel

Bird

Pterodroma macroptera

<5% · Rare
Scopoli's Shearwater
LC

Scopoli's Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calonectris diomedea

<5% · Rare
Southern Fulmar
LC

Southern Fulmar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulmarus glacialoides

<5% · Rare
Cape Petrel
LC Endemic

Cape Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Daption capense

<5% · Rare

📅 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 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
2 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
5 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
7 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
12 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
13 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
14 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
15 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
16 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
17 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
18 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Manx Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park?

About 0% of visitor-days record a Manx Shearwater sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Manx Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Manx Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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