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 →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, based on 98 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Pink-footed Shearwater
Puffinus creatopus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Short-tailed Albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma furcata
Black-footed Albatross
Phoebastria nigripes
Leach's Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
📅 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 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, based on 98 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve in our monthly data.