Fin Whale

Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
2	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
3	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
4	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
5	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
6	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
7	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
9	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
10	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
11	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Fin Whale in Channel Islands National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Fin Whale sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Fin Whale in Channel Islands National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Fin Whale in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.