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Where does the Spectacled Petrel live?

Procellaria conspicillata has 4,303 records in 23 countries and territories, from 1898 to 2026. Most records come from ZZ.

Spectacled Petrel
Spectacled Petrel — Photo: Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaeProcellaria

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
ZZ 699
Saint Helena 609
South Africa 311
Portugal 240
Spain 211
Argentina 209
Cabo Verde 186
Brazil 135
France 124
United Kingdom 74
Western Sahara 43
Netherlands 27
Namibia 23
Uruguay 19
Guernsey 18
Senegal 12
Costa Rica 7
Belgium 5
South Georgia 3
Réunion 3
French Southern Territories 3
Antarctica 1
Falkland Islands 1

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Others in the family Procellariidae.

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great shearwater
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.