Species occurring in the ACCOBAMS area

Suborder, Family

Species, subspecies

English common name

Contiguous Atlantic

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea
Mysticeti,
Balenidae
Eubalena glacialis
North Atlantic right whaleVagrant
Vagrant
-
Mysticeti, BalaenopteridaeBalenoptera acutorostrata
Common minke whaleRegularVisitor Vagrant
Balaenoptera borealis
Sei whale
Vagrant Vagrant -
Balaenoptera musculus Blue whale
Vagrant -
-
Balaenoptera physalusFin whale
Regular
Regular -
Megaptera novaeangliaeHumpback whale Visitor Visitor -
Odontoceti, PhyseteridaePhyseter macrocephalusSperm whale
Regular Regular -
Odontoceti,
Kogiidae
Kogia sima
Dwarf sperm whale
Vagrant
Vagrant-

Odontoceti,
Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's beaked whale
Vagrant
Possibly vagrant
-
Mesoplodon densirostris Blainville's beaked whale
Vagrant
Vagrant -
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais' beaked whale
Vagrant
Vagrant
-
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier's beaked whale
Possibly regular
Regular -

Odontoceti,
Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis
Short-beaked common dolphin
Regular
Regular -
Delphinus delphis ponticus
Black Sea short-beaked common dolphin
-
-
Regular
Globicephala melas
Long-finned pilot whaleRegularRegular-
Grampus griseusRisso's dolphin Regular
Regular-
Orcinus orca
Killer whale
RegularRegular (Gibraltar Strait)
-
Sousa chinensis
Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin -Vagrant-
Pseudorca crassidens False killer whale
Visitor
Visitor -
Stenella coeruleoalba
Striped dolphin
Regular
Regular -
Steno bredanensisRough-toothed dolphin Possibly visitor
Visitor -
Tursiops truncatus
Common bottlenose dolphin
Regular
Regular -
Tursiops truncatus ponticusBlack Sea common bottlenose dolphin -
-
Regular
Odontoceti,
Phocoenidae
Phocoena phocoena
Harbour porpoise
Regular
Vagrant (Alboràn Sea)
-
Phocoena phocoena relicta
Black Sea harbour porpoise
-
Regular (Northern Aegean Sea)
Regular
Odontoceti, Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas
Beluga
-
-
Introduced
 
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