{"id":2574,"date":"2020-07-30T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/30\/brydes-whale\/"},"modified":"2020-09-01T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T14:09:36","slug":"brydes-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/brydes-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryde’s whale fact sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Bryde\u2019s whale (pronounced broo-dess) is also known as the tropical whale because it is
the only baleen whale species that lives year round in warm tropical waters. They are mostly
encountered waters between 16-20\u00b0C, in both offshore and coastal areas, and highly productivity
and biological abundance waters (Carwardine, 2020; Steiner et al., 2008). At sea, they can easily be
confused with other baleen whales, particularly sei whales. The distinguishing feature of the Bryde\u2019s
whale is a set of three parallel ridges on top of the head, in comparison to the one ridge in sei
whales. Of the two species, Bryde\u2019s whales may also be more active on the surface, often with
irregular breathing patterns and frequent changes in direction.
Bryde\u2019s whales were only confirmed in the Azores for the first time in 2004. Before this they
may have been misidentified and could be more common here than previously thought. Recently
there have been regular confirmed sightings in the area. In the Azores, it is expected to sight them in
summer, between June and August (Maciel et al., 2018), the Azores seems to be as far north as this
species swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bryde’s whale facts:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n