Eden's Whale
Balaenoptera edeni
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCetacea
- FamilyBalaenopteridae (Rorquals)
- GenusBalaenoptera
- SpeciesBalaenoptera edeni (Eden's Whale)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale
Eubalaena australis
Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops aduncus
Indian Humpback Dolphin
Sousa plumbea
Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Common Dolphin
Delphinus delphis
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Kogia sima
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kogia breviceps
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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.