Minke Whale

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Galápagos Islands

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Minke Whale at Galápagos Islands — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
20–30%
2 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
3 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
0–10%
4 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
6 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
7 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
8 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
9 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
10 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
11 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
12 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
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