Only 2 record from January 1959 and February 1967
ID characteristics
Large, uniformly dark, rotund and finless body with very big round head covered in callosities (looking like white patches).
Large, paddle-shaped flippers and pointed flukes with distinct notch in the middle.
Surface behaviour
Slow swimmer often exposing huge head.
Frequently inquisitive, approachable and demonstrative of its acrobacies
Distribution
Mainly in the North Atlantic, between parallels 60º and 30º North.
In cold waters of temperate and subpolar region of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Social
Alone or in groups up to 20 individuals
Diet
Krill and crustaceans
Biometrics
Max length: 18.3 m
Adult weight: 30 to 80 ton
Blow
Wide V-shaped up to 5 meters high
IUCN Status: Endangered
Madeira frequency status: Only 2 records
Other languages common names
ENG - Northern Right Whale GER - Atlantische Nordkaper FRA - Baleine franche de l'Atlantique Nord, Baleine de Biscaye, Baleine des Basques ESP - Ballena franca glacial, Ballena de los Vascos, Ballena franca del Norte, Ballenga SWE - Nordkapare DAN - Nordkaper, Biscayahval, Nordhval ITA - Balena franca nordatlantica NED - Noordkaper NOR - Nordkaper POL - Wieloryb biskajski, wal biskajski
POR - Baleia franca do Atlântico norte