Harbour Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena(Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
Protection in Spain: Vulnerable · Andalusian Catalogue
In Spanish: Marsopa común

Photograph: Ecomare/Salko de Wolf Den Hoorn Texel, CC BY-SA, 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.

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: Vulnerable
Spanish Catalogue: In danger of extinction
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.

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Phocoenidae
GBIF taxon key: 2440669

Sources

Distribution and calendar: GBIF, live query
Photograph: Ecomare/Salko de Wolf Den Hoorn Texel, CC BY-SA, vía iNaturalist
Taxonomy: GBIF backbone, pending WoRMS for marine taxa
Last revised: 8 September 2026