Short-finned Pilot Whale

Globicephala macrorhynchusGray, 1846

Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Protection in Spain: Vulnerable · Spanish Catalogue
In Spanish: Calderón tropical

Marine taxonomy: validated in WoRMS, AphiaID 137096

Photograph: ktslash, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Page in preparation

This species is in the catalogue because of its observations, but has no reviewed editorial text yet. No automatic description is generated from the data.

Calendar in the Strait

No observations with a compatible licence in the area, or taxon without a match in GBIF.

First open record: 3 January 1990
Latest record: 3 January 1990

The oldest and the most recent open observation in the extended area. A recent first observation does not mean the species is new: it means nobody had published it openly before.

Conservation

The catalogues, Andalusian and Spanish, are what binds; the Red Book assesses the Spanish population with IUCN criteria, and the global Red List is the context.

LCNTVUENCR

Andalusian Catalogue: Not included
Spanish Catalogue: Vulnerable
Global Red List (IUCN): Not assessed

Andalusian Catalogue: Junta de Andalucía, list of 24 April 2025. Spanish Catalogue: MITECO, table of 30 June 2025. Red Book: SEO/BirdLife, 2021 (Annex I). IUCN: via GBIF, 6 September 2026. Red Book and IUCN categories are assessments; catalogue categories are legal obligations.

Same genus in the Strait

Long-finned Pilot Whale

Species of the same genus that also occur here, ordered by how close they are in size. Being relatives does not mean they are confused in the field, but that is where the doubts start: compare size and season.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
GBIF taxon key: 2440605

Sources

Distribution and calendar: GBIF, live query
Photograph: ktslash, CC BY, vía iNaturalist
Taxonomy: GBIF backbone, pending WoRMS for marine taxa
Last revised: 8 September 2026