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Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) belongs to the group Mammals. Wildpulse holds 95,485 reporting days in 5,055 map cells (hexagons about 14 miles / 22 km across) from open data by iNaturalist and GBIF.
Most reporting days are in United States of America (15,246), Antarctica (3,181), Australia (2,133) and France (1,311).
The Humpback Whale is reported all year round, most often in August (11 % of reporting days). This shows when people observe and report the species, not necessarily when it is most present.
The latest report in our data is from November 9, 2026.
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When is the Humpback Whale reported?
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