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Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae
Ballena Jorobada
Baleia-jubarte
Family: Balaenopteridae
Order: Artiodactyla
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status: Least Concern

Other common names: Yubarta, Gubarte.


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Number of Photography: 35

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Photography ID: 671051
  Adult
Port Lockroy
Antártida Argentina
Argentina
01/17/2026
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 671049
  Adult
Port Lockroy
Antártida Argentina
Argentina
01/17/2026
Edith Polverini



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Number of Films: 1




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Number of Records: 69



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242703117/01/2026ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaPort LockroyEdith Polverini
238367910/11/202510:30ArgentinaBuenos AiresZona Torreón, Mar del Plata2Christian Savigny
232064511/07/2025BrazilRio de JaneiroPrainha pontal do atalaia, Arraial do cabo1Faustino Hollmann
231679508/07/2025BrazilRio de JaneiroPraia Grande, Arraial do cabo2Faustino Hollmann
227063307/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal beagle, UshuaiaFaustino Hollmann
225390326/02/202515:15ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaAntártida Argentina1María Alejandra Sosa
225388026/02/202512:08ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaAntártida Argentina4María Alejandra Sosa
225387526/02/202511:54ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaAntártida Argentina1María Alejandra Sosa
225384226/02/202508:51ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaAntártida Argentina2María Alejandra Sosa
225384026/02/202508:44ArgentinaAntártida ArgentinaAntártida Argentina1María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.