Sooty Shearwater

Closest Relatives at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

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 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Sooty Shearwater sighting in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, based on 9 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Sooty Shearwater in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Shearwater in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in our monthly data.