Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyBalaenopteridae (Rorquals)
- GenusBalaenoptera
- SpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)
Closest Relatives at Great Bear Rainforest
Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
Dall's Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli
Common Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
Gray Whale
Eschrichtius robustus
Risso's Dolphin
Grampus griseus
Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Lissodelphis borealis
Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 2 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 11 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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.