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Whales & Dolphins of the Azores
Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus

Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae

Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus


Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens

Sowerby's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bidens

Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris

Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis

Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus



Situated in the mid-Atlantic on an area of geological activity on the mid-Atlantic ridge, The Azores provides shallow and warm waters which are a haven for Whales & Dolphins.
The most likely species to encounter are on the list below. For a full species list see here
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