Procellariiformes (Tubenoses)

Order

Tubenoses

Procellariiformes

82 species in our catalog · found in 71 parks

Species in this group

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

Southern Giant Petrel
LC

Southern Giant Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macronectes giganteus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely
Elliot's Storm Petrel

Elliot's Storm Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanites gracilis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Galápagos Shearwater
LC

Galápagos Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus subalaris

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Northern Fulmar
LC

Northern Fulmar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulmarus glacialis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
Shy Mollymawk
NT

Shy Mollymawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche cauta

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma tethys

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Galápagos Petrel
CR

Galápagos Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma phaeopygia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Northern Giant Petrel
LC

Northern Giant Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Macronectes halli

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus griseus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Black-browed Albatross
LC

Black-browed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche melanophris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Black-vented Shearwater
NT

Black-vented Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus opisthomelas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Waved Albatross
CR

Waved Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria irrorata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus pacificus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma castro

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Pink-footed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus creatopus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Buller's Mollymawk
NT

Buller's Mollymawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche bulleri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Least Storm-Petrel

Least Storm-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma microsoma

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Great-winged Petrel
LC

Great-winged Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma macroptera

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Black Storm-Petrel
LC

Black Storm-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Hydrobates melania

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Streaked Shearwater
NT

Streaked Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calonectris leucomelas

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Mottled Petrel
NT

Mottled Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma inexpectata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma furcata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Bulwer's Petrel
LC

Bulwer's Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bulweria bulwerii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Herald Petrel
LC

Herald Petrel

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Pterodroma heraldica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Parkinson's Petrel
VU

Parkinson's Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Procellaria parkinsoni

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Common Diving-Petrel
LC

Common Diving-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pelecanoides urinatrix

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus tenuirostris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
White-chinned Petrel
VU

White-chinned Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus carneipes

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Spectacled Petrel
VU

Spectacled Petrel

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Procellaria conspicillata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Fairy Prion
LC

Fairy Prion

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pachyptila turtur

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Wilson's Storm Petrel
LC

Wilson's Storm Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanites oceanicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Salvin's Albatross
VU

Salvin's Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche salvini

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Leach's Petrel

Leach's Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Cape Petrel
LC

Cape Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Daption capense

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Great Shearwater

Great Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus gravis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Little Shearwater
LC

Little Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus assimilis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Antarctic Petrel
LC

Antarctic Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassoica antarctica

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Yelkouan Shearwater
VU

Yelkouan Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus yelkouan

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Peruvian Diving-Petrel
NT

Peruvian Diving-Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pelecanoides garnotii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Manx Shearwater
LC

Manx Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus puffinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Soft-plumaged Petrel
LC

Soft-plumaged Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma mollis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Scopoli's Shearwater
LC

Scopoli's Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calonectris diomedea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Southern Fulmar
LC

Southern Fulmar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulmarus glacialoides

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Light-mantled Albatross
NT

Light-mantled Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebetria palpebrata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Tahiti Petrel
NT

Tahiti Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pseudobulweria rostrata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Short-tailed Albatross
VU

Short-tailed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria albatrus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Ashy Storm-Petrel
EN

Ashy Storm-Petrel

Bird

Hydrobates homochroa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Buller's Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus bulleri

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Royal Albatross
VU

Royal Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Diomedea epomophora

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Juan Fernández Petrel
VU

Juan Fernández Petrel

Bird

Pterodroma externa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Cook's Petrel
VU

Cook's Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma cookii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Fluttering Shearwater
LC

Fluttering Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus gavia

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Laysan Albatross
NT

Laysan Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria immutabilis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Black-footed Albatross
NT

Black-footed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria nigripes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Christmas Shearwater
LC

Christmas Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus nativitatis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Matsudaira's Storm Petrel

Matsudaira's Storm Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma matsudairae

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
EN

Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalassarche carteri

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Hutton's Shearwater
EN

Hutton's Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus huttoni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Antipodean Albatross
EN

Antipodean Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Diomedea antipodensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Showing the 60 most likely of 82 species — the park table below covers them all.

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~20%
Feb
~20%
Mar
~20%
Apr
~20%
May
~20%
Jun
~20%
Jul
~20%
Aug
~20%
Sep
~20%
Oct
~20%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Tubenoses

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

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador 17
~90%
2 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina 8
~80%
3 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 25
~60%
4 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 12
~50%
5 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 19
~50%
6 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 33
~50%
7 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland 5
~40%
8 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States 8
~40%
9 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 10
~40%
10 Isla del Coco National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 6
~30%
11 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 10
~30%
12 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 11
~20%
13 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 8
~20%
14 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 9
~20%
15 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 12
~20%
16 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 8
~20%
17 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 21
~20%
18 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia 8
~20%
19 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States 9
~20%
20 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 12
~10%
21 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia 7
~10%
22 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia 8
~10%
23 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 9
~10%
24 Paracas National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru 7
~10%
25 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 8
~10%
26 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada 12
~10%
27 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 8
~10%
28 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada 13
~10%
29 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 5
~10%
30 Egmont National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
~10%
31 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States 5
~10%
32 Komodo National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia 3
~10%
33 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 14
~10%
34 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia 4
~10%
35 Cape Range 🇦🇺 Australia 4
~10%
36 Tongariro National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
~10%
37 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States 7
~10%
38 Maria Island National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 7
~10%
39 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 10
~10%
40 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~10%
41 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain 3
~10%
42 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 2
~10%
43 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States 5
~10%
44 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
<5%
45 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany 7
<5%
46 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 8
<5%
47 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 2
<5%
48 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States 9
<5%
49 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 7
<5%
50 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland 2
<5%
51 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 4
<5%
52 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 1
<5%
53 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 6
<5%
54 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 8
<5%
55 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2
<5%
56 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 6
<5%
57 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 3
<5%
58 Camargue 🇫🇷 France 1
<5%
59 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 2
<5%
60 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
<5%
61 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
<5%
62 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 5
<5%
63 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama 1
<5%
64 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
<5%
65 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama 1
<5%
66 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan 2
<5%
67 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
68 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
<5%
69 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
<5%
70 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
71 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%