Balaenoptera musculus was reported from 203 countries/islands


Table 1: the species is currently present in 203 of them (endemic, native, introduced);
Table 2: possible in 0 of them (stray, questionable);
Table 3: absent from 0 of them (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: all reports listed together.

Distribution: North Atlantic and North Pacific: Balaenoptera musculus musculus.

North Atlantic [IUCN 2010 (Ref. 84930): VU, D1] and North Pacific [IUCN 2010 (Ref. 84930): LR/cd.

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Table 1: Present in 203 countries/islands (endemic, native, introduced)
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Antarctica Adelaide I. ADI native 1394
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 1394
North America Alaska ALK native 1522
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 1394
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 1394
North America Anguilla AIA native 1394
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 1394
North America Aruba ABW native 1394
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 1394
Oceania Australia AUS native 1522
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 1394
North America Bahamas BHS native 1394
Asia Bahrain BHR native 1394
Antarctica Balleny Is. BAL native 1394
North America Barbados BRB native 1394
Europe Belgium BEL native 1394
North America Belize BLZ native 1394
Africa Benin BEN native 1394
North America Bermuda BMU native 1394
Subantarctica Bouvet I. BVT native 1394
Antarctica Br Antarctic Tr BAT native 1394
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 1394
Asia Cambodia KHM native 1394
Africa Cameroon CMR native 1394
North America Canada CAN native 1522
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 1394
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 1522
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 1394
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 1394
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 1394
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 1394
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 1394
South America Chile CHL native 1522
Asia China CHN native 75906
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 1522
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 1394
North America Clipperton I. CLI native 1394
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 1394
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 1394
Africa Comoros COM native 1394
Africa Congo COG native 1394
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 1394
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 1394
North America Costa Rica CRI native 1394
Subantarctica Crozet Is. CRZ native 1394
North America Cuba CUB native 1394
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 1394
Europe Denmark DNK native 1394
Africa Djibouti DJI native 1394
North America Dominica DMA native 1394
Oceania Easter I. EAS native 94024
South America Ecuador ECU native 1394
North America El Salvador SLV native 1394
Antarctica Elephant I. ELE native 1394
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 1394
Europe Estonia EST native 1394
Europe Faeroe Is. FRO native 1394
South America Falkland Is. FLK native 1394
Oceania Fiji FJI native 1394
Europe Finland FIN native 1394
Europe France FRA native 1394
South America French Guiana GUF native 1394
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 108059
Subantarctica French South Tr ATF native 1394
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 1394
Africa Gambia GMB native 1394
Europe Germany DEU native 1394
Africa Ghana GHA native 1394
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 1394
North America Greenland GRL native 1394
North America Grenada GRD native 1394
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 1394
Oceania Guam GUM native 1394
North America Guatemala GTM native 1394
Africa Guinea GIN native 1394
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 1394
South America Guyana GUY native 1394
North America Haiti HTI native 1394
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 122680
Subantarctica Heard McDon Is. HMD native 1394
North America Honduras HND native 1394
Europe Iceland ISL native 8412
Asia India IND native 124460
Asia Iran IRN native 107280
Europe Ireland IRL native 1394
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 1394
Asia Israel ISR native 1394
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 1394
North America Jamaica JAM native 1394
Asia Japan JPN native 1522
Oceania Johnston I. JTN native 1394
Asia Jordan JOR native 1394
South America Juan Fernández JFI native 1394
Africa Kenya KEN native 1394
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 1394
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 1394
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 1394
Asia Kuril Is. KUR native 1522
Asia Kuwait KWT native 107280
Europe Latvia LVA native 1394
Africa Liberia LBR native 1394
Europe Lithuania LTU native 1394
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 1394
Asia Macau MAC native 1394
Subantarctica Macquarie Is. MCQ native 1394
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 1394
Asia Malaysia MYS native 104595
Asia Maldives MDV native 1394
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1394
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1394
North America Martinique MTQ native 1394
Africa Mauritania MRT native 1522
Africa Mauritius MUS native 1394
Africa Mayotte MYT native 1394
North America Mexico MEX native 1522
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 1394
Oceania Midway Is. MID native 1394
North America Montserrat MSR native 1394
Africa Morocco MAR native 1394
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 1394
Oceania Nauru NRU native 1394
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 1394
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1394
North America Nicaragua NIC native 1394
Africa Nigeria NGA native 1394
Oceania Niue NIU native 1394
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 1394
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1394
Europe Norway NOR native 1394
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 1522
Asia Oman OMN native 129402
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1394
Oceania Palau PLW native 1394
North America Panama PAN native 1394
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 1394
South America Peru PER native 1522
Antarctica Peter I I. PII native 1394
Asia Philippines PHL native 94963
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 1394
Europe Poland POL native 1394
Europe Portugal PRT native 1394
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 1394
Africa Reunion I. REU native 1394
North America Revillagigedo A. REV native 1394
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 1394
Europe Russia RUS native 1394
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1522
Subantarctica S. Georg. Sandw. SGS native 1394
Oceania Samoa WSM native 1394
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 1394
Antarctica Scott I. SCI native 1394
Africa Senegal SEN native 1522
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1394
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 1394
Asia Singapore SGP native 1394
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 1394
Africa Somalia SOM native 1394
Africa South Africa ZAF native 1522
Antarctica South Orkney Is. SOI native 1394
Antarctica South Shetland SSI native 1394
Europe Spain ESP native 1394
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 124460
Africa St Helena SHN native 1394
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 1394
North America St Lucia LCA native 1394
Africa St Paul I. SPL native 1394
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 1394
North America St Pierre Mique. SPM native 129634
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 1394
South America Suriname SUR native 1394
Europe Svalbard SJM native 1522
Europe Sweden SWE native 1394
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 1394
Africa Tanzania TZA native 1394
Asia Thailand THA native 1394
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 1394
Africa Togo TGO native 1394
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 1394
Oceania Tonga TON native 1394
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 1394
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 1394
Africa Tristan da Cunha TRC native 1394
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 1394
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 1394
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 1394
Europe UK GBR native 1394
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 1394
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 1394
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 1394
South America Uruguay URY native 1394
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 1394
Oceania US Misc Pac PUS native 1394
North America USA USA native 1522
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 1394
South America Venezuela VEN native 1394
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 1394
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 1394
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 1394
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 1394
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 1394
Africa West Sahara ESH native 1394
Asia Yemen YEM native 1394

Table 4: Reported from 203 countries/islands.
Continent Country Occurrence Main Ref.
Antarctica Adelaide I. ADI native 1394
Oceania Admiralty Is. ADM native 1394
North America Alaska ALK native 1522
Oceania American Samoa ASM native 1394
Asia Andaman Is. ANI native 1394
North America Anguilla AIA native 1394
North America Antigua Barbuda ATG native 1394
North America Aruba ABW native 1394
Africa Ascension I. ASC native 1394
Oceania Australia AUS native 1522
Europe Azores Is. AZZ native 1394
North America Bahamas BHS native 1394
Asia Bahrain BHR native 1394
Antarctica Balleny Is. BAL native 1394
North America Barbados BRB native 1394
Europe Belgium BEL native 1394
North America Belize BLZ native 1394
Africa Benin BEN native 1394
North America Bermuda BMU native 1394
Subantarctica Bouvet I. BVT native 1394
Antarctica Br Antarctic Tr BAT native 1394
Asia Brunei Darsm BRN native 1394
Asia Cambodia KHM native 1394
Africa Cameroon CMR native 1394
North America Canada CAN native 1522
Africa Canary Is. CNY native 1394
Africa Cape Verde CPV native 1522
Africa Cargados Carajos CRG native 1394
Oceania Caroline I. CRL native 1394
North America Cayman Is. CYM native 1394
Asia Chagos Is. CHG native 1394
Europe Channel Is. CHA native 1394
South America Chile CHL native 1522
Asia China CHN native 75906
Asia Chinese Taipei TWN native 1522
Asia Christmas I. CXR native 1394
North America Clipperton I. CLI native 1394
South America Cocos I. (C.R.) CCC native 1394
Asia Cocos Is. (Keel) CCK native 1394
Africa Comoros COM native 1394
Africa Congo COG native 1394
Africa Congo Dem Rp COD native 1394
Oceania Cook Is. COK native 1394
North America Costa Rica CRI native 1394
Subantarctica Crozet Is. CRZ native 1394
North America Cuba CUB native 1394
North America Curaçao I. CUW native 1394
Europe Denmark DNK native 1394
Africa Djibouti DJI native 1394
North America Dominica DMA native 1394
Oceania Easter I. EAS native 94024
South America Ecuador ECU native 1394
North America El Salvador SLV native 1394
Antarctica Elephant I. ELE native 1394
Africa Eq Guinea GNQ native 1394
Europe Estonia EST native 1394
Europe Faeroe Is. FRO native 1394
South America Falkland Is. FLK native 1394
Oceania Fiji FJI native 1394
Europe Finland FIN native 1394
Europe France FRA native 1394
South America French Guiana GUF native 1394
Oceania French Polynesia PYF native 108059
Subantarctica French South Tr ATF native 1394
South America Galapagos Is. GOS native 1394
Africa Gambia GMB native 1394
Europe Germany DEU native 1394
Africa Ghana GHA native 1394
Europe Gibraltar GIB native 1394
North America Greenland GRL native 1394
North America Grenada GRD native 1394
North America Guadeloupe GLP native 1394
Oceania Guam GUM native 1394
North America Guatemala GTM native 1394
Africa Guinea GIN native 1394
Africa Guinea-Bissau GNB native 1394
South America Guyana GUY native 1394
North America Haiti HTI native 1394
Oceania Hawaii HWI native 122680
Subantarctica Heard McDon Is. HMD native 1394
North America Honduras HND native 1394
Europe Iceland ISL native 8412
Asia India IND native 124460
Asia Iran IRN native 107280
Europe Ireland IRL native 1394
Europe Isle of Man IMN native 1394
Asia Israel ISR native 1394
Africa Ivory coast CIV native 1394
North America Jamaica JAM native 1394
Asia Japan JPN native 1522
Oceania Johnston I. JTN native 1394
Asia Jordan JOR native 1394
South America Juan Fernández JFI native 1394
Africa Kenya KEN native 1394
Oceania Kermadec Is. KMD native 106682
Oceania Kiribati KIR native 1394
Asia Korea (North) PRK native 1394
Asia Korea (South) KOR native 1394
Asia Kuril Is. KUR native 1522
Asia Kuwait KWT native 107280
Europe Latvia LVA native 1394
Africa Liberia LBR native 1394
Europe Lithuania LTU native 1394
Oceania Lord Howe I. LHI native 1394
Asia Macau MAC native 1394
Subantarctica Macquarie Is. MCQ native 1394
Africa Madeira Is. MRA native 1394
Asia Malaysia MYS native 104595
Asia Maldives MDV native 1394
Oceania Marquesas Is. MQS native 1394
Oceania Marshall Is. MHL native 1394
North America Martinique MTQ native 1394
Africa Mauritania MRT native 1522
Africa Mauritius MUS native 1394
Africa Mayotte MYT native 1394
North America Mexico MEX native 1522
Oceania Micronesia FSM native 1394
Oceania Midway Is. MID native 1394
North America Montserrat MSR native 1394
Africa Morocco MAR native 1394
Africa Mozambique MOZ native 1394
Oceania Nauru NRU native 1394
North America Neth Antilles ANT native 1394
Europe Netherlands NLD native 1394
North America Nicaragua NIC native 1394
Africa Nigeria NGA native 1394
Oceania Niue NIU native 1394
Oceania Norfolk I. NFK native 1394
Oceania North Marianas MNP native 1394
Europe Norway NOR native 1394
Asia Ogasawara Is. OGW native 1522
Asia Oman OMN native 129402
Oceania Pac Is Trust Tr PCI native 1394
Oceania Palau PLW native 1394
North America Panama PAN native 1394
Oceania Papua New Guinea PNG native 1394
South America Peru PER native 1522
Antarctica Peter I I. PII native 1394
Asia Philippines PHL native 94963
Oceania Pitcairn PCN native 1394
Europe Poland POL native 1394
Europe Portugal PRT native 1394
North America Puerto Rico PRI native 1394
Africa Reunion I. REU native 1394
North America Revillagigedo A. REV native 1394
Africa Rodriguez I. ROD native 1394
Europe Russia RUS native 1394
Asia Ryukyu Is. RYU native 1522
Subantarctica S. Georg. Sandw. SGS native 1394
Oceania Samoa WSM native 1394
Africa Sao Tome Princ. STP native 1394
Antarctica Scott I. SCI native 1394
Africa Senegal SEN native 1522
Africa Seychelles SYC native 1394
Africa Sierra Leone SLE native 1394
Asia Singapore SGP native 1394
Oceania Solomon Is. SLB native 1394
Africa Somalia SOM native 1394
Africa South Africa ZAF native 1522
Antarctica South Orkney Is. SOI native 1394
Antarctica South Shetland SSI native 1394
Europe Spain ESP native 1394
Asia Sri Lanka LKA native 124460
Africa St Helena SHN native 1394
North America St Kitts Nevis KNA native 1394
North America St Lucia LCA native 1394
Africa St Paul I. SPL native 1394
South America St Paul's Rocks SPR native 1394
North America St Pierre Mique. SPM native 129634
North America St Vincent Gren. VCT native 1394
South America Suriname SUR native 1394
Europe Svalbard SJM native 1522
Europe Sweden SWE native 1394
Oceania Tahiti TIT native 1394
Africa Tanzania TZA native 1394
Asia Thailand THA native 1394
Asia Timor-Leste TLS native 1394
Africa Togo TGO native 1394
Oceania Tokelau TKL native 1394
Oceania Tonga TON native 1394
South America Trind. M.Vaz Is. TRD native 1394
North America Trinidad Tobago TTO native 1394
Africa Tristan da Cunha TRC native 1394
Oceania Tuamotu Is. TUA native 1394
North America Turks Caicos Is. TCA native 1394
Oceania Tuvalu TUV native 1394
Europe UK GBR native 1394
Europe UK Engld Wal GBE native 1394
Europe UK No Ireld GBN native 1394
Europe UK Scotland GBS native 1394
South America Uruguay URY native 1394
Oceania US Minor Is. UMI native 1394
Oceania US Misc Pac PUS native 1394
North America USA USA native 1522
Oceania Vanuatu VUT native 1394
South America Venezuela VEN native 1394
Asia Viet Nam VNM native 1394
North America Virgin Is. (UK) VGB native 1394
North America Virgin Is. (US) VIR native 1394
Oceania Wake I. WAK native 1394
Oceania Wallis Futuna WLF native 1394
Africa West Sahara ESH native 1394
Asia Yemen YEM native 1394
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