Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus tenuirostris (Short-tailed Shearwater)
Closest Relatives at Wilsons Promontory National Park
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
📅 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 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Kenai Fjords National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 11 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 12 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Short-tailed Shearwater in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Short-tailed Shearwater sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park, based on 27 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Short-tailed Shearwater in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Short-tailed Shearwater in Wilsons Promontory National Park in our monthly data.