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 Fiordland National Park, based on 178 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Cape Petrel
Daption capense
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
📅 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 Fiordland National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Fiordland National Park, based on 178 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Fiordland National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Fiordland National Park in our monthly data.