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 Royal National Park
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus pacificus
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
White-necked Petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
Shy Mollymawk
Thalassarche cauta
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sooty Shearwater at Royal National Park — 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