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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sooty Shearwater at iSimangaliso Wetland 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