Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyPelecanoididae
- GenusPelecanoides (Diving Petrels)
- SpeciesPelecanoides urinatrix (Common Diving-Petrel)
Closest Relatives at Wilsons Promontory National Park
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
📅 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Diving-Petrel in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Common Diving-Petrel sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Diving-Petrel in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Common Diving-Petrel in Wilsons Promontory National Park in our monthly data.