Eden's Whale

Eden's Whale

Balaenoptera edeni

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Garden Route National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
0–10
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
0–10
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
0–10%
2 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
3 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
4 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
5 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
6 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
7 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Eden's Whale in Garden Route National Park?

About 4% of visitor-days record a Eden's Whale sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Eden's Whale in Garden Route National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Eden's Whale in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.

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