When it is recorded
Jan12
Feb8
Mar10
Apr15
May27
Jun3
Jul11
Aug11
Sep7
Oct45
Nov4
Dec7
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 12 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 7 | |
| 3 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 4 | |
| 4 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 1 |
6 England46 Scotland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 180
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 4
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Group
- Mammals
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Habitats Directive, Habitats Regulations (NI) 1995, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Physeteridae
- Genus
- Physeter
- Name with authority
- Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q81214 · GBIF 8123917