Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus griseus (Sooty Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Tierra del Fuego National Park
Great Shearwater
Puffinus gravis
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Magellanic Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides magellani
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Shearwater in Tierra del Fuego National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Tierra del Fuego National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Tierra del Fuego National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Tierra del Fuego National Park in our monthly data.