|ENG| Scientific Name: Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Sowerby's beaked whale. Baleine à bec de Sowerby. Baleia de bico sowerby. Zifio de sowerby. Sowerby-Zweizahnwal. Short Species description: The sowerby's beaked whale belongs to the suborder odontoceti and family Ziphiidae. They have a streamlined spindle-shaped body with a dark bluish-grey colour. They can also have on their body linear scarring from other individuals. Their dorsal fin

|ENG| Scientific Name: Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Northern bottlenose whale. Hyperoodon boréal. Botinhoso or grampa. Ballena nariz de botella norte. Entenwal. Short Species description: This species belongs to the group of beaked whales, suborder odontoceti and family Ziphiidae. Northern bottlenose whales are named after their long tube-like snout, distinctly separated from their melon-shaped forehead and the adult males develop a

|ENG| Scientific Name: Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Striped dolphin. Dauphin bleu et blanc. Golfinho riscado. Delfín listado. Blauweißer Delphin. Short Species description: The striped dolphin belongs to the suborder Odontoceti and to the delphinidae family. Can be confused with other dolphin species such as the common dolphin. This species can be identified by its characteristic color pattern - their body is dark grey with a pale grey

|ENG| Scientific Name: Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Fin whale. Rorqual commun. Baleia comum. Rorcual común. Finnwal Short Species description: The second biggest whale belongs to the suborder Mysticeti. Can be mistaken with other baleen whales. A fin whale has a sleek, streamlined body with a V-shaped head, with a tall, hooked dorsal fin, about two-thirds of the way back on the body. Fin whales have distinctive coloration: black or

|ENG| Scientific Name: Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Humpback whale. Baleine à bosse. Baleia de bossa ou Baleia corcunda. Ballena jorobada. Buckelwal Short Species description: This whale is a baleen whale, belonging to the mysticeti suborder. They are rarely mistaken with other species, due to their characteristic appearance and behavior. Typically, their body is dark grey/black with white color on their ventral, but differences ar

|ENG| Scientific Name: Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): False killer whale. Faux-orque. Falsa orca. Orca falsa. Kleiner Schwertwal Short Species description: False killer whales are so named because the shape of their skulls, not their external appearance, is similar to that of killer whales (IWC, 2021). Like the killer whales, this species belongs to the odontoceti suborder and the delphinidae family. These animals can reach to 6 meters lon