Minke Whale

Minke Whale

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Great Bear Rainforest

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ 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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Minke Whale in Great Bear Rainforest?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Minke Whale sighting in Great Bear Rainforest, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Minke Whale in Great Bear Rainforest?

May has the highest sighting rate for Minke Whale in Great Bear Rainforest in our monthly data.

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