Genus

Small Shearwaters

Puffinus

17 species in our catalog · found in 58 parks

Species in this group

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

Puffinus subalaris

50–60% · Likely

Puffinus griseus

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus opisthomelas

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus pacificus

10–20% · With luck

Puffinus creatopus

5–10% · With luck

Puffinus tenuirostris

Puffinus carneipes

Puffinus gravis

Puffinus assimilis

Puffinus yelkouan

Puffinus puffinus

Puffinus bulleri

Puffinus gavia

Puffinus nativitatis

Puffinus huttoni

Puffinus mauretanicus

<5% · Rare

Puffinus lherminieri

Insufficient data

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

10–20

Mar

10–20

Apr

10–20

May

10–20

Jun

10–20

Jul

10–20

Aug

10–20

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 Small Shearwaters

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

Small Shearwaters

Species in this group

Galápagos Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Black-vented Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Pink-footed Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Little Shearwater

Yelkouan Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Buller's Shearwater

Fluttering Shearwater

Christmas Shearwater

Hutton's Shearwater

Balearic Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Small Shearwaters

Parks Ranked