Humpback whale

Megaptera novaeangliae · Balaenopteridae

The humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m (46–56 ft) and weigh up to 40 metric tons.

Where the Humpback whale lives

Recorded in United States of America, Antarctica, Ashmore and Cartier Is., Canada, Mexico, Iceland, South Africa and Brazil (North America, Antarctica, Oceania, Europe, Africa and South America).

Most records fall in Norðurland eystra, Hawaii, Oaxaca and Baja California Sur.

See the Humpback whale’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 518,595 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.