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title: "Baleia-de-bryde"
description: "Balaenoptera brydei — Mamíferos. Bryde's whale ( BRUU-dəz), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and possibly four."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/bryde-s-whale
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Baleia-de-bryde

> Balaenoptera brydei — Mamíferos. Bryde's whale  ( BRUU-dəz), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and possibly four.

- Scientific name: *Balaenoptera brydei*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 462
- Wikidata: [Q221056](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221056)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1453916](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1453916)

## Names

- en: Bryde's Whale
- de: Brydewal
- es: Rorcual de Bryde
- fr: Rorqual de Bryde
- it: Balaenoptera edeni
- nl: Brydevinvis
- pt: Baleia-de-bryde
- pl: Płetwal Bryde'a

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (80), PT (64), ES (32), MX (22), EC (16), NZ (13), AU (6), LK (4), BR (3), PE (3)

## Summary

Bryde's whale  ( BRUU-dəz), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and possibly four. The "complex" means the number and classification remain unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research. The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-Pacific. Also, a smaller, coastal form of B. brydei is found off southern Africa, and perhaps another form in the Indo…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryde%27s_whale

## Photo

![Baleia-de-bryde](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bryde-s-whale/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252592325

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bryde-s-whale?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).