Balaenidae (Bowhead and Right Whales)

Family

Bowhead and Right Whales

Balaenidae

1 species in our catalog · found in 8 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Southern Right Whale
LC

Southern Right Whale

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Eubalaena australis

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~20%
Feb
~20%
Mar
~20%
Apr
~30%
May
~40%
Jun
~60%
Jul
~70%
Aug
~70%
Sep
~60%
Oct
~60%
Nov
~30%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Bowhead and Right Whales

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~80%
2 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
~10%
3 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
~10%
4 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa 1
~10%
5 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%
6 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
<5%
7 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia 1
<5%
8 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia 1
<5%