This description provides an overview of the migration patterns of the right whale, one of the world's most endangered species. Right whales migrate annually from their summer feeding grounds in the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to their winter calving grounds in the southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. During their
Right whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale, the North Pacific right whale and the southern right whale. They are classified in the family Balaenidae with the bowhead whale. Right whales have rotund bodies with arching rostrums, V-shaped blowholes and dark gray or black skin. The most distinguishing feature of a right whale is the rough patches of skin on its head, which appear white due to parasitism by whale lice. Right whales are typically 13–17 m (43–56 ft) long and weigh up to 100 short tons or more.