Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

Oceanodroma furcata

5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park
47 Verified records at Kenai Fjords National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Storm Petrel sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

5–10
Jan
5–10
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
5–10
Nov
5–10
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
5–10%
2 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
3 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
4 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
6 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
7 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Fork-tailed Storm Petrel in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Fork-tailed Storm Petrel sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Fork-tailed Storm Petrel in Kenai Fjords National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Fork-tailed Storm Petrel in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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