Genus

Small Shearwaters

Puffinus

17 species in our catalog · found in 63 parks

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

Species in this group

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

Puffinus subalaris

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Puffinus griseus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Puffinus opisthomelas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Puffinus pacificus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Puffinus creatopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus tenuirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Puffinus carneipes

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus gravis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus assimilis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus yelkouan

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus puffinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Puffinus bulleri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Puffinus gavia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Puffinus nativitatis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Puffinus huttoni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Puffinus mauretanicus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Puffinus lherminieri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Small Shearwaters

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