LC
Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Habitat
Pelagic
LC 
LC
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
VU
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Antarctica
Drake Passage pelagic
Two days at sea with albatrosses and petrels following the ship.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Ecuador
Galápagos Islands
Fearless birds that inspired Darwin; best explored by boat.
- JJanuary: Good
- FFebruary: Good
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Best
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Good
New Zealand
Kaikōura
Deep water close to shore brings albatrosses within metres of boats.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Good
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
NT
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
Australia
Lord Howe Island
A World Heritage island with a rescued endemic rail and seabird colonies.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
New Zealand
New Zealand subantarctic islands
Auckland and Campbell Islands: albatross nests among megaherbs.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Antarctica
Ross Sea
The most remote Antarctic cruise: Adélie colonies and historic huts.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
LC
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
South Georgia
South Georgia
Beaches packed with King Penguins and breeding albatrosses.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
The world's most remote inhabited island with endemic land birds and seabirds.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
VU
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
CR
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata