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Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

825Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May20
Jun9
Jul127
Aug558
Sep55
Oct44
Nov0
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England222
2Isles of Scilly England11
3Sefton England2
4Pembrokeshire Wales2
5Highland Scotland1
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
729 England11 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
825
Peak month
August
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Oceanites oceanicus
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Hydrobatidae
Genus
Oceanites
Name with authority
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)
Described
1820
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q607024 · GBIF 5229419