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Where does the Christmas Shearwater live?

Puffinus nativitatis has 1,510 records in 25 countries and territories, from 1874 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaePuffinus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. 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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 506
Chile 215
United States Minor Outlying Islands 210
Kiribati 155
French Polynesia 149
Costa Rica 101
Pitcairn 32
Guatemala 31
ZZ 28
Mexico 26
El Salvador 14
Marshall Islands 5
Colombia 3
Ecuador 3
Fiji 3
New Zealand 3
Taiwan 3
Cook Islands 2
Micronesia 2
Vanuatu 2
Christmas Island 1
France 1
Japan 1
Tokelau 1
Tuvalu 1

Related animals

Others in the family Procellariidae.

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308,993 records
Manx Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
203,395 records
great shearwater
171,256 records
wedge-tailed shearwater
wedge-tailed shearwater
166,210 records
White-chinned Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
124,739 records
short-tailed shearwater
short-tailed shearwater
123,756 records
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.