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 →
Closest Relatives at El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve
Black-vented Shearwater
Puffinus opisthomelas
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
Least Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma microsoma
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
Black Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates melania
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma tethys
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sooty Shearwater at El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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