When it is recorded
Jan7
Feb10
Mar8
Apr14
May29
Jun9
Jul39
Aug18
Sep21
Oct48
Nov4
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 13 | |
| 2 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 12 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 5 | |
| 4 | Fife | Scotland | 4 | |
| 5 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1 | |
| 6 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 1 |
77 Scotland2 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 234
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 6
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Globicephala melas
- Group
- Mammals
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 82
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List +1
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Delphinidae
- Genus
- Globicephala
- Name with authority
- Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809)
- Described
- 1809
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q207744 · GBIF 2440596