Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus

<5% · Rare
overall probability at Table Mountain National Park
225 Verified records at Table Mountain National Park
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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 Table Mountain National Park, based on 225 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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
10–20%
2 Rakiura National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
3 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
4 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
5 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10–20%
6 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
5–10%
7 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
8 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
9 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
10 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
11 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
12 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
<5%
13 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
14 Paracas National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
15 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
16 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
17 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
18 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
19 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
20 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
21 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
22 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
23 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
24 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
25 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
26 Freycinet National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
27 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
28 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
29 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
30 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
31 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
32 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
33 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
34 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
35 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
36 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
37 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park?

About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 225 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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