Where does the wedge-tailed shearwater live?
Puffinus pacificus has 166,210 records in 67 countries and territories, from 1727 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.
- 166,210 records
- 67 places
- 148 years recorded
- Aves class
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesProcellariidaePuffinus
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
17272026
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
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 114,097 | |
| United States | 26,152 | |
| Taiwan | 5,904 | |
| Costa Rica | 2,536 | |
| Mexico | 2,449 | |
| Japan | 1,649 | |
| New Caledonia | 1,374 | |
| Réunion | 1,273 | |
| Norfolk Island | 979 | |
| Seychelles | 915 | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | 804 | |
| New Zealand | 754 | |
| ZZ | 549 | |
| Vanuatu | 545 | |
| Sri Lanka | 525 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 520 | |
| Tonga | 466 | |
| Mauritius | 419 | |
| Guatemala | 409 | |
| Panama | 394 | |
| Fiji | 357 | |
| Indonesia | 349 | |
| Colombia | 340 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 252 | |
| French Polynesia | 231 | |
| El Salvador | 223 | |
| Micronesia | 168 | |
| Solomon Islands | 144 | |
| Cocos Islands | 129 | |
| Kiribati | 116 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 114 | |
| Samoa | 62 | |
| Nicaragua | 53 | |
| Madagascar | 51 | |
| Palau | 50 | |
| American Samoa | 45 | |
| Christmas Island | 40 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 35 | |
| Cook Islands | 35 | |
| India | 34 |
Showing the top 40 of 67 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Procellariidae.
Northern Fulmar
1,313,870 records
sooty shearwater
433,535 records
Cory's Shearwater
308,993 records
Manx Shearwater
203,395 records
great shearwater
171,256 records
White-chinned Petrel
124,739 records
short-tailed shearwater
123,756 records
Southern Giant-Petrel
112,655 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.
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.