Megaptera novaeangliae
Humpback Whale at Maroubra, NSW
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| Megaptera novaeangliae | MichaelBedingfield | 2 Jul 2024 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | CarbonAI | 1 Jul 2024 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | BenW | 1 Jul 2024 |
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User's notes
Migrating north along the coastline. Several seen flukign and one breaching, but I was mostly using a scope so unfortunately I do not have photos of this behaviour.
3 comments
2 Jul 2024
Hi Michael, the second photo shows that the dorsal projection has a hump-like base and a stubby fin, which is characteristic of humpbacks. In contrast, I believe that minke and southern right whales (the other local whales) have a steep, curved fin and no fin, respectively.
Location information
- Coordinates 151.277085-33.945360
- Places Maroubra, NSW
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 30 Jun 2024 02:06 PM Recorded on
- BenW Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Megaptera novaeangliae Scientific name
- Humpback Whale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 66.3m Recorded at altitude
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