Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) — also called Hump Whale, Bunch Whale, Hunchback Whale. Occurrence records of the Humpback Whale are shared on GBIF from around 37 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (742 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern

37reserves with records

1 880records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) — Photo: DataBase Center for Life Science (DBCLS) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	742
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	355
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	201
Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	171
Robberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	57
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	45
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	42
Malgas Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	38
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	27
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	27
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	24
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	15
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	15
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	10
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	10
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	9
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	8
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	7
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	5
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Kwelera Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	3
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	3
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	3
Nkomba Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	3
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Hluleka Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	2
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
The WaterberryNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
CrocworldNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2

By province

Western Cape: 22 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 10 reserves
Eastern Cape: 5 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Scientific name: Megaptera novaeangliae
GBIF taxon: 5220086
Wikidata: Q132905

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.