Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyPhyseteridae (True Sperm Whales)
- GenusPhyseter (True Sperm Whales)
- SpeciesPhyseter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale)
Closest Relatives at Fiordland National Park
Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Hector's Dolphin
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Sei Whale
Balaenoptera borealis
Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Southern Bottle-nosed Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
Arnoux's Beaked Whale
Berardius arnuxii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sperm Whale at Fiordland National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 7 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |