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This October we have had some really great whale watching tours with many different species. During this month we have encountered 8 different cetacean species. As usual the most sighted dolphin was the common dolphin and the most sighted whale was the sperm whale. Sighting frequencies (number of days sighted of all the days we went to sea) of all species can be seen in the graph above. Species common names are listed below, ordered by those encountered most frequently to those encountered less frequently:
- Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
- Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)
- Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
- Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
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Sandrina Rodrigues
