Sighting records of “Migaloo” the white humpback whale provide evidence of Australian site fidelity and use of New Zealand waters as a migratory route

Observations of an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the Australian east coast were first made in 1991 off Byron Bay, Australia. Genetic analysis of tissue samples collected from this individual confirmed this whale to be male and lacking pigmentation as a result of albinism. W...

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Published in:Australian Zoologist
Main Authors: Pirotta, Vanessa, Franklin, Wally, Mansfield, Leigh, Lowe, Jodie, Peterson, Oskar
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
white whale
albinism
humpback whale
Migaloo
cetacean
citizen science
Byron Bay
New Zealand
First Nations
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
White whale
Online Access:https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/172b6218-7ff9-4f7c-8f64-e09e0063840d
https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2022.043
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173833142&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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