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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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