Phoca (common seals)

Genus

common seals

Phoca

1 species in our catalog · found in 16 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Harbor Seal
LC

Harbor Seal

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Phoca vitulina

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%
Jan
~50%
Feb
~40%
Mar
~40%
Apr
~40%
May
~50%
Jun
~40%
Jul
~50%
Aug
~50%
Sep
~50%
Oct
~40%
Nov
~50%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see common seals

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Kenai Fjords National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~90%
2 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland 1
~60%
3 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
4 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~40%
5 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~40%
6 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~40%
7 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~40%
8 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany 1
~40%
9 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~40%
10 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~30%
11 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
12 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~20%
13 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
14 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~10%
15 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
16 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1
<5%