Common Porpoise

Closest Relatives at Great Bear Rainforest

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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	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
2	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
3	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	10–20%
4	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
5	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
6	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	0–10%
7	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
8	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
9	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
10	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
11	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Porpoise in Great Bear Rainforest?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Common Porpoise sighting in Great Bear Rainforest, based on 33 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Porpoise in Great Bear Rainforest?

July has the highest sighting rate for Common Porpoise in Great Bear Rainforest in our monthly data.