Minke Whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyBalaenopteridae (Rorquals)
- GenusBalaenoptera
- SpeciesBalaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke Whale)
Closest Relatives at Gros Morne National Park
📅 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 Gros Morne National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Minke Whale sighting in Gros Morne National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Minke Whale in Gros Morne National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Minke Whale in Gros Morne National Park in our monthly data.