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 Great Bear Rainforest
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Killer Whale
Orcinus orca
Dall's Porpoise
Phocoenoides dalli
Common Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
Fin Whale
Balaenoptera physalus
Gray Whale
Eschrichtius robustus
Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Risso's Dolphin
Grampus griseus
Striped Dolphin
Stenella coeruleoalba
Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Lissodelphis borealis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Sperm Whale at Great Bear Rainforest — 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 |