Manx Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Puffinus puffinus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Closest Relatives at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus griseus

<5% · Rare
Short-tailed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Puffinus tenuirostris

<5% · Rare
Mottled Petrel
NT

Mottled Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterodroma inexpectata

Insufficient data
Northern Fulmar
LC

Northern Fulmar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulmarus glacialis

<5% · Rare
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma furcata

Insufficient data
Black-footed Albatross
NT

Black-footed Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria nigripes

Insufficient data
Laysan Albatross
NT

Laysan Albatross

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoebastria immutabilis

Insufficient data
Leach's Petrel

Leach's Petrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
2 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
5 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
7 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
8 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
9 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
10 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
11 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
12 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
13 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
14 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
15 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
16 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
17 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
18 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Manx Shearwater in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Manx Shearwater sighting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Manx Shearwater in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Manx Shearwater in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in our monthly data.

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