Bryde's Whale
Field guide
mammal ·

Bryde's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

Overview

Table Mountain, Garden Route and Addo Elephant National Park are the three atlas places where the Bryde's Whale is recorded. Its records concentrate in South Africa, Brazil, Australia, Mexico and Thailand, with 225 records across 16 countries.

Records of the whale occur at different times of the year depending on the region, and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
225
Countries
16
Atlas places
3
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Bryde's Whale as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 70 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 45 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Australia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 33 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 30 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Thailand
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 21 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Portugal
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 11 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guadeloupe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • United States
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Vietnam
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Spain
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Bryde's Whale