Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
OrderCetacea
FamilyDelphinidae (Delfínids)
GenusTursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
SpeciesTursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Ningaloo Marine Park

3 Verified records at Ningaloo Marine Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The common bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of three species of bottlenose dolphin in the genus Tursiops. While formerly known simply as the bottlenose dolphin, this term is now applied to the genus Tursiops as a whole. As considerable genetic variation has been described within this species, even between neighboring populations, many experts think additional species may be recognized and split out. The common bottlenose dolphin is a very familiar dolphin due to the wide exposure it receives in captivity in marine parks and dolphinariums, and in movies and television programs. Common bottlenose dolphins inhabit temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world, absent only from polar waters. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Tursiops aduncus

Sousa sahulensis

Orcinus orca

Pseudorca crassidens

Stenella longirostris

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Grampus griseus

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Megaptera novaeangliae

30–40% · Possible

Balaenoptera acutorostrata

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Balaenoptera edeni

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Kogia sima

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bottlenose Dolphin at Ningaloo Marine Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

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	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	40–50%
2	Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	30–40%
3	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	30–40%
4	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	30–40%
5	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	30–40%
6	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
7	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	20–30%
8	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
9	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10–20%
10	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
11	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
12	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
13	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	10–20%
14	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	10–20%
15	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
16	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
17	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
18	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
19	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
20	Isla del Coco National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	Coiba National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
22	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	Insufficient data
23	Los Haitises National Park	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	Insufficient data
24	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
25	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
26	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
27	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
28	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
29	Las Baulas Marine National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
30	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
31	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
32	Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
33	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
34	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
35	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
36	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
37	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
38	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

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Bottlenose Dolphin

Closest Relatives at Ningaloo Marine Park

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Australian Humpback Dolphin

Killer Whale

False Killer Whale

Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin

Risso's Dolphin

Humpback Whale

Minke Whale

Eden's Whale

Dwarf Sperm Whale

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found