Procellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)

Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

Procellariidae

46 species in our catalog · found in 68 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Galápagos Shearwater

Puffinus subalaris

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Galápagos Petrel

Pterodroma phaeopygia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Northern Giant Petrel

Macronectes halli

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Black-vented Shearwater

Puffinus opisthomelas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Puffinus pacificus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pink-footed Shearwater

Puffinus creatopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Great-winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Streaked Shearwater

Calonectris leucomelas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Mottled Petrel

Pterodroma inexpectata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Bulwer's Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Herald Petrel

Pterodroma heraldica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Parkinson's Petrel

Procellaria parkinsoni

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Short-tailed Shearwater

Puffinus tenuirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Puffinus carneipes

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Spectacled Petrel

Procellaria conspicillata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Fairy Prion

Pachyptila turtur

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cape Petrel

Daption capense

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Great Shearwater

Puffinus gravis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Little Shearwater

Puffinus assimilis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Pterodroma mollis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Scopoli's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Southern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialoides

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Tahiti Petrel

Pseudobulweria rostrata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Buller's Shearwater

Puffinus bulleri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Juan Fernández Petrel

Pterodroma externa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cook's Petrel

Pterodroma cookii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Fluttering Shearwater

Puffinus gavia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus nativitatis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Hutton's Shearwater

Puffinus huttoni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Westland Petrel

Procellaria westlandica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Broad-billed Prion

Pachyptila vittata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Black-winged Petrel

Pterodroma nigripennis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Audubon's Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Antarctic Prion

Pachyptila desolata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

White-necked Petrel

Pterodroma cervicalis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Beck's Petrel

Pseudobulweria becki

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Blue Petrel

Halobaena caerulea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Murphy's Petrel

Pterodroma ultima

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~20%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~20%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~20%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Shearwaters and Petrels

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	7	~80%
	Southern Giant Petrel			~80%
	Northern Giant Petrel			~20%
	Sooty Shearwater			~10%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
2	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	8	~60%
	Galápagos Shearwater			~50%
	Galápagos Petrel			~20%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
	Christmas Shearwater			Insufficient data
3	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	3	~40%
	Northern Fulmar			~40%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
4	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	12	~40%
	Sooty Shearwater			~10%
	Black-vented Shearwater			~10%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			~10%
	Northern Fulmar			~10%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Streaked Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
5	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4	~30%
	Sooty Shearwater			~20%
	Northern Fulmar			~10%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
6	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	7	~30%
	Galápagos Shearwater			~10%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			~10%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Tahiti Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
7	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	15	~30%
	Sooty Shearwater			~10%
	Antarctic Petrel			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Mottled Petrel			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Broad-billed Prion			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Westland Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	+3 more at the park page…
8	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	20	~30%
	Sooty Shearwater			~10%
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Mottled Petrel			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			<5%
	Westland Petrel			<5%
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	+8 more at the park page…
9	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	6	~20%
	Southern Giant Petrel			~20%
	Southern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
10	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	5	~20%
	Sooty Shearwater			~10%
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Petrel			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
11	Cabo Pulmo National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	6	~20%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Juan Fernández Petrel			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Black-vented Shearwater			Insufficient data
12	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5	~10%
	Mottled Petrel			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
13	Raja Ampat	🇮🇩 Indonesia	5	~10%
	Streaked Shearwater			~10%
	Bulwer's Petrel			~10%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Tahiti Petrel			Insufficient data
	Beck's Petrel			Insufficient data
14	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	14	~10%
	White-chinned Petrel			~10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Antarctic Prion			<5%
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			<5%
	Great-winged Petrel			<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Southern Fulmar			<5%
	+2 more at the park page…
15	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	8	~10%
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
16	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	9	~10%
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
	Little Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Westland Petrel			Insufficient data
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Hutton's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
17	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4	~10%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			~10%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
18	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	4	~10%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
19	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	~10%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			~10%
	Christmas Shearwater			Insufficient data
20	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5	~10%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			~10%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Hutton's Shearwater			<5%
	Streaked Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
21	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4	~10%
	Herald Petrel			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
22	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	~10%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great-winged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
23	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5	~10%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			~10%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
24	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	~10%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
25	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1	~10%
	Great-winged Petrel			Insufficient data
26	Komodo National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2	~10%
	Bulwer's Petrel			~10%
	Streaked Shearwater			Insufficient data
27	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4	~10%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
28	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	6	~10%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
29	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1	~10%
	Parkinson's Petrel			Insufficient data
30	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	7	~10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Buller's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
31	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10	~10%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Hutton's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-necked Petrel			Insufficient data
32	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	~10%
	Spectacled Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
33	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2	~10%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
34	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	8	~10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Murphy's Petrel			Insufficient data
35	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	~10%
	Yelkouan Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Balearic Shearwater			<5%
36	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
37	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great-winged Petrel			Insufficient data
38	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	4	<5%
	Black-vented Shearwater			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
39	Cape Range	🇦🇺 Australia	3	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Hutton's Shearwater			Insufficient data
40	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
41	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	6	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
42	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Tahiti Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
43	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
44	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
45	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4	<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Balearic Shearwater			Insufficient data
46	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	2	<5%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
47	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	4	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
48	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
49	Flinders Chase	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
50	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2	<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
51	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
52	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	2	<5%
	Black-vented Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
53	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	5	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
54	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1	<5%
	Yelkouan Shearwater			Insufficient data
55	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	4	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Tahiti Petrel			Insufficient data
56	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
57	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	3	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
58	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
59	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1	<5%
	Audubon's Shearwater			Insufficient data
60	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
61	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
62	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
63	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Audubon's Shearwater			<5%
64	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2	<5%
	Bulwer's Petrel			Insufficient data
	Streaked Shearwater			Insufficient data
65	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
66	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
67	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
68	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data