Data · dataset · 2026
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) calves observed in temperate waters in Australia and New Zealand (1991-2024)
Listed in GBIF
The spatial distribution of calving habitat of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) has previously been understood as confined to warm, low latitude waters.
Description
More than 200 neonates were recorded in all jurisdictions in the study area, to 43°S, approximately 1300 - 1500 km south of the previously reported southern limit of calving grounds in Australasia. These records demonstrate that humpback whales do not confine their calving solely to tropical zones but exhibit a continuum of habitat use throughout their range.
Links
Get the data
- Darwin Core Archive marine.csiro.au/ipt/archive.do?r=humpback_calf_records ↗
download · from gbif
Where it is published
- GBIF dataset page gbif.org/dataset/1bfd9673-bdd3-4ddb-94dc-6400fb657955 ↗
landing page · from gbif
- DOI doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1545526+ ↗
DOI / persistent id · from gbif
Catalogue records · 1
- GBIF API api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/1bfd9673-bdd3-4ddb-94dc-6400fb657955 ↗
metadata API · from gbif
Topics
- From keywords
- Life Sciences
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBIF | 1bfd9673-bdd3-4ddb-94dc-6400fb657955 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | /description |
| license | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| temporal | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 |