white-beaked dolphin
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Lagenorhynchus
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 6 countries and 2 regions.
- Silfra & Thingvellir, Iceland - 4 records
- Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland - 11 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 11 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 16 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 4 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 68 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 273 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 1908 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 107 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 17 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 7 records