For the first the sperm whale was the most sighted species along the south coast of SãoMiguel Island, Azores. The graph below shows the sighting frequency (percent of days sighted during the month) of all cetaean species sighted in June. This month we sighted 11 different species! The common names of all species are listed below (in order of sighting frequency)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Pilot whale (Globicephalus macrorhynchus)
- False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens)
