Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyHydrobatidae (Northern Storm-Petrels)
- GenusOceanites (Oceanites Storm-Petrels)
- SpeciesOceanites oceanicus (Wilson's Storm Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park
European Storm Petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Great Shearwater
Puffinus gravis
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Antarctic Prion
Pachyptila desolata
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
📅 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 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Paracas National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Tierra del Fuego National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Isla del Coco National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wilson's Storm Petrel in Table Mountain National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Storm Petrel sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Storm Petrel in Table Mountain National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Storm Petrel in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.