Whale, dolphin, porpoise and sea turtle identification guide
25 articles
Killer WhaleOrcinus orca
Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
Harbour porpoisePhocoena phocoena
Dall’s porpoisePhocoenoides dalli
Pacific white-sided dolphinLagenorhynchus obliquidens
Grey whaleEschrichtius robustus
Minke whaleBalaenoptera acutorostrata
Fin whaleBalaenoptera physalus
Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus
Risso’s dolphinGrampus griseus
Northern right whale dolphinLissodelphis borealis
False killer whalePseudorca crassidens
Baird’s beaked whaleBerardius bairdii
Cuvier’s beaked whaleZiphius cavirostris
Sei whaleBalaenoptera borealis
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculus
North Pacific right whaleEubalaena japonica
Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriacea
Green sea turtleChelonia mydas
Olive ridley turtleLepidochelys olivacea
Unidentified dolphin or porpoiseUnknown
Loggerhead turtleCaretta caretta
Unidentified whaleUnknown
Other rare speciesVarious
Unidentified sea turtleUnknown