Southern Giant Petrel

Closest Relatives at Tierra del Fuego National Park

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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	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	70–80%
2	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	10–20%
3	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
4	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
5	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
6	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
7	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
9	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
10	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Giant Petrel in Tierra del Fuego National Park?

About 19% of visitor-days record a Southern Giant Petrel sighting in Tierra del Fuego National Park, based on 189 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Giant Petrel in Tierra del Fuego National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Southern Giant Petrel in Tierra del Fuego National Park in our monthly data.