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Where to see the Little Shearwater in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the Little Shearwater at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast National Park.

Puffinus assimilis · Least Concern

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Little Shearwater
Photo: (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Planning a trip

When and where to find the Little Shearwater

Hosts have recorded the Little Shearwater at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast National Park.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Eastern Cape

    Eastern Cape

    Addo Elephant

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Eastern Cape
    Eastern Cape
  • Western Cape

    Western Cape

    Table Mountain · West Coast

    Self-driveMalaria-free
    Stays in Western Cape
    Western Cape

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Addo ElephantTable MountainWest Coast

IUCN Red List

Least Concern

Species

Puffinus assimilis

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Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the Little Shearwater on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the Little Shearwater in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Little Shearwater at stays in or beside Addo Elephant National Park, Table Mountain National Park and West Coast National Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

What is the conservation status of the Little Shearwater?

The Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

What is the Little Shearwater?

The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae. Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burrow-nesting seabirds.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the Little Shearwater

Every stay on the Little Shearwater page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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