Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderProcellariiformes (Tubenoses)
- FamilyProcellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
- GenusPuffinus (Small Shearwaters)
- SpeciesPuffinus griseus (Sooty Shearwater)
The sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Māori name tītī, and is harvested by Māori people for muttonbird, like its relatives the wedge-tailed shearwater (A. pacificus) and the Australian short-tailed shearwater (A. tenuirostris). Wikipedia →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 818 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
📅 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 Channel Islands National Park?
About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 818 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.