Family

Shearwaters and Petrels

Procellariidae

44 species in our catalog · found in 61 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Macronectes giganteus

70–80% · Very likely

Puffinus subalaris

50–60% · Likely

Fulmarus glacialis

40–50% · Likely

Pterodroma phaeopygia

20–30% · Possible

Macronectes halli

20–30% · Possible

Puffinus griseus

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus opisthomelas

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus pacificus

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus creatopus

5–10% · With luck

Pterodroma inexpectata

Insufficient data

Pterodroma heraldica

Insufficient data

Procellaria parkinsoni

Insufficient data

Puffinus tenuirostris

5–10% · With luck

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Insufficient data

Puffinus carneipes

Insufficient data

Procellaria conspicillata

Pachyptila turtur

Daption capense

Puffinus gravis

Puffinus assimilis

Thalassoica antarctica

Puffinus yelkouan

Puffinus puffinus

Pterodroma mollis

Calonectris diomedea

Pseudobulweria rostrata

<5% · Rare

Fulmarus glacialoides

Insufficient data

Puffinus bulleri

<5% · Rare

Puffinus gavia

<5% · Rare

Pterodroma macroptera

Pterodroma cookii

Puffinus nativitatis

Puffinus huttoni

Calonectris leucomelas

<5% · Rare

Procellaria westlandica

<5% · Rare

Pachyptila vittata

<5% · Rare

Pterodroma nigripennis

<5% · Rare

Puffinus mauretanicus

<5% · Rare

Puffinus lherminieri

Insufficient data

Pachyptila desolata

<5% · Rare

Pterodroma cervicalis

Halobaena caerulea

Bulweria bulwerii

Pterodroma ultima

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

20–30

Feb

20–30

Mar

20–30

Apr

10–20

May

20–30

Jun

20–30

Jul

20–30

Aug

20–30

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

10–20

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Shearwaters and Petrels

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	7	80–90%
	Southern Giant Petrel			70–80%
	Northern Giant Petrel			20–30%
	Sooty Shearwater			5–10%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
2	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	8	60–70%
	Galápagos Shearwater			50–60%
	Galápagos Petrel			20–30%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
	Christmas Shearwater			Insufficient data
3	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	3	40–50%
	Northern Fulmar			40–50%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
4	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	12	30–40%
	Sooty Shearwater			10–20%
	Black-vented Shearwater			10–20%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			5–10%
	Northern Fulmar			5–10%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Streaked Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
5	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4	30–40%
	Sooty Shearwater			10–20%
	Northern Fulmar			10–20%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
6	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	7	30–40%
	Galápagos Shearwater			10–20%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			10–20%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Tahiti Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
7	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	15	30–40%
	Sooty Shearwater			10–20%
	Antarctic Petrel			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Mottled Petrel			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Broad-billed Prion			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Westland Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	+3 more at the park page…
8	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	20	30–40%
	Sooty Shearwater			10–20%
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Mottled Petrel			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			<5%
	Westland Petrel			<5%
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	+8 more at the park page…
9	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	6	20–30%
	Southern Giant Petrel			10–20%
	Southern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
10	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	5	20–30%
	Sooty Shearwater			10–20%
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Petrel			<5%
	Parkinson's Petrel			<5%
11	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5	10–20%
	Mottled Petrel			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
12	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	14	10–20%
	White-chinned Petrel			5–10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Antarctic Prion			<5%
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			<5%
	Great-winged Petrel			<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
	Cape Petrel			<5%
	Southern Fulmar			<5%
	+2 more at the park page…
13	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	8	10–20%
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
14	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	9	10–20%
	Cape Petrel			Insufficient data
	Little Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Westland Petrel			Insufficient data
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Hutton's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
15	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4	10–20%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			5–10%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
16	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	4	10–20%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
17	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	10–20%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			5–10%
	Christmas Shearwater			Insufficient data
18	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5	5–10%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			5–10%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Hutton's Shearwater			<5%
	Streaked Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
19	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4	5–10%
	Herald Petrel			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
20	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	5–10%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great-winged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			Insufficient data
21	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5	5–10%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			5–10%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
22	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	5–10%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
23	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	4	5–10%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
24	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	6	5–10%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
25	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1	5–10%
	Parkinson's Petrel			Insufficient data
26	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	7	5–10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Buller's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
27	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10	5–10%
	Southern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Fluttering Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			<5%
	Fairy Prion			Insufficient data
	Hutton's Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-necked Petrel			Insufficient data
28	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	5–10%
	Spectacled Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
29	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	8	5–10%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Murphy's Petrel			Insufficient data
30	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2	5–10%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
31	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2	5–10%
	Yelkouan Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Balearic Shearwater			<5%
32	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
33	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	<5%
	Flesh-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	White-chinned Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Soft-plumaged Petrel			Insufficient data
	Great-winged Petrel			Insufficient data
34	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	4	<5%
	Black-vented Shearwater			<5%
	Cook's Petrel			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
35	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Short-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
36	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	6	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Buller's Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
37	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Tahiti Petrel			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
38	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2	<5%
	Short-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Giant Petrel			Insufficient data
39	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	5	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Great Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
40	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4	<5%
	Northern Fulmar			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Balearic Shearwater			Insufficient data
41	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	2	<5%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
42	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	4	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
43	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
44	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2	<5%
	Manx Shearwater			<5%
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
45	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
46	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	2	<5%
	Black-vented Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
47	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	5	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
48	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	4	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Tahiti Petrel			Insufficient data
49	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Scopoli's Shearwater			<5%
50	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	3	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
	Pink-footed Shearwater			Insufficient data
51	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	2	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
52	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1	<5%
	Audubon's Shearwater			Insufficient data
53	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
54	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			<5%
55	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Manx Shearwater			Insufficient data
	Northern Fulmar			Insufficient data
56	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1	<5%
	Audubon's Shearwater			<5%
57	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2	<5%
	Bulwer's Petrel			Insufficient data
	Streaked Shearwater			Insufficient data
58	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Sooty Shearwater			Insufficient data
59	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1	<5%
	Great Shearwater			Insufficient data
60	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1	<5%
	Galápagos Shearwater			Insufficient data
61	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1	<5%
	Wedge-tailed Shearwater			Insufficient data

Shearwaters and Petrels

Species in this group

Southern Giant Petrel

Galápagos Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

Galápagos Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel

Sooty Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater

Mottled Petrel

Herald Petrel

Parkinson's Petrel

Short-tailed Shearwater

White-chinned Petrel

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Spectacled Petrel

Fairy Prion

Cape Petrel

Great Shearwater

Little Shearwater

Antarctic Petrel

Yelkouan Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Scopoli's Shearwater

Tahiti Petrel

Southern Fulmar

Buller's Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

Great-winged Petrel

Cook's Petrel

Christmas Shearwater

Hutton's Shearwater

Streaked Shearwater

Westland Petrel

Broad-billed Prion

Black-winged Petrel

Balearic Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

Antarctic Prion

White-necked Petrel

Blue Petrel

Bulwer's Petrel

Murphy's Petrel

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Shearwaters and Petrels

Parks Ranked