Happywhale - Killer whale in North Pacific Ocean

Happywhale and contributors

Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.

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Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 873 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aaron Foster; Aaron Kreisberg; Aaron Sandlin; aatika; Abigail Hope; Adam Ernster; Adam Hoffman; adam maire; Adéla Bradová; Aeon for Ocean; Aimee; Aisha Jimenez; Alain Bidart; Alan Gay; Alayna Hawkins; Alec Boyd-Devine; Alexander Allison; Alexia Skrbic; Alex Lamoreaux; Alex Rubenstein; Alicia Buzzard; ALINA ANDRUSHKO; Allee Goodfellow; Allen Lyu; Allie Smith; Alvaro Gabaldon; Alvaro Jaramillo; Alyse Kinoshita; Alyssa Engiles; Amanda Austin; Amanda McBride; Amanda Urena; Ambrose Carrejo; Ami Clayton; Amy McNeely; Amy Venema; Andoni Arrambide; Andrea; Andrea Carpio; Andrea Laughlin; Andrea Reinicke; Andrew D. MacDonald; Andrew Micks; andy hart; Angela E Waterbury; Angelika Ludwiczak; Angelo Fernandez; Angie Paya Molina; Angie Wrightson; Anieke Brombacher; Anika Miskar; Anna Astafurova; Anna Blake; Annalese Bletsch; Annamarie Dunn; Anna Stalcup; Annette Lucas; Annette Weeks; Anthony Perella; Arlette Zahn; Arthur Lewison; Ashish Kushwaha; Ashley Giovannini; Ashley Ruis; Ashly Fraser; A T; Aubrey Jurgerson; August Andrews; Autumn Harms; Avery Fretwell; Avery Williamson; Avi Anand; Baja Wild Encounters; baylee; Becci Jewell; Becker Juergen; Becky Hilsen; Ben Hagler; Ben Hartman; Benjamin Dauer; Benjamin Lewis Hargrave; Benjamin Shulman; Ben Soofer; Berit Solstad; Bernhard; Beth Darr; Beth Fetty; Beth Holiman; Beth Kleymeyer; Beverly Mills; Bill; bill sturgeon; Billy Hall; Blain & Monique Anderson; Blake Kremer; Bob; Bobby DeMarinis; Bobby Ellithorpe; Bobby Harman; Bob Lippert; Bob Schafer; Bonnie Furman; Bradley Vanston; Brandon Korody; Brandon Withrow; Brandt Ziegler; Brandy Fields; Breck Morrison; Brenda Klapoetke; Brendan Keane; Brett Neilson; Brian Bieza; Brian Hdz; Brian Iske; Brian Rosner; Brian Sweeney; Brian Williams; Bridget Forstmann; Britt CooKe; Brooke Chodzinski; Brooke McKinley; Brooke Schafer; Bruce Haldors; Bryan McDonald; Buzz Coster; CA Edson; Caitlyn Ware; California Killer Whale Project; Camila Londono; Camilo Rada; Camryn Stang; Carey Bergman; Carina Gsottbauer; Carl Badgley; Carl Fredrickson; Carlos Navarro; Carlos Pedrós-Alió; Caroline Kelley; Caroline Kempton; Caroline Patterson; Carol Irwin; Carol May; Carol McCoy; Carol Wilson; Carolyn Anderson; carter cox; Carter Dorscht; Cary Pillers; Casey McKerchie; Catherine Ryan; Cathryn Thomas; Cathy Hachigian; Cecilia Ruiz; Celia Garland; Chad Carlson; Charissa Fusaro; Charlie Pingree; Charlie Wang; Charlie Wright; Charlize Uptegrove; Chase Enloe; Chawki; Chelsea Bradley; Chelsie Corcoran; Cheng-Hui Wong; Cheri Yadon; Cheryl Van Valkenburgh; "Chia" Cory Chiappone; Chloe; Chris Biertuempfel; Chris Hill; Chris Mills; Christian Adlhart; Christian Harvey; Christian Sacra; Christina Winkler; Christopher Pankhurst; Christopher Willis; Christoph Mandl; Christy Ware; Chris Witwer - †; Cindy Braspenning; Claire Murphy; Clint Walden; Clint William; Colby Bechtold; Colette English; Colleen gervais; Colleen Talty; Connie Vincent-Hill; Constantin Schraut; Corina Sorensen; Cory Snook; Cottele Benny; Courtnay Crowell; Courtney Glenn; Crystal Su; Curt Finfrock; Cynthia; Cynthia Feuillet; Dakota Osborne; Dale Frink; Dana Golebiewski; Dane McDermott; Daniel Bell; Daniel Cayton; Danielle Colosimo; Daniel Ross; Daniel Townend; Darcy Damrau Steck; Darrel DeLong; Dave Karls; Dave Katz; Dave Kutz; Dave Paton; David Beebe; David Brown; David Collins; David Donohue; David Egelston; David Estroff; david livingston; David Maki; David mcdonald; David Neel; David Rea; David White; David W Myers II; Dawn; Deanna Deery-Schmitt; Deanna Kelsey; Deanna Taylor; Debbie Maas; Deborah Komatsu; Deborah Mayson; Debra Kettler; Declan Troy; Deep Blue, Drake Bay; Dennis Fukushima Jr; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Diana Pugh; Diane Kayser; Don Bermant; Donna George; Donna Ikenberry; Donnie Gagldari; Doug Cheeseman - †; Douglas Croft; Douglas F Smith, Jr; Doug Van Iwaarden; Drew Lindow; Dr. Jens M. Plaul; Dustin Harris; Eamon Rodgers; Edith Simonson; Edward Rooks; Elana Anderson; Elias Ouaghrib Fosset; Eli Guillard; Eliise Aarela; Elizabeth Datz; Elizabeth Robinson; Elizabyth Hiscox; Ellena Griffiths; Eloise Russell; Emil Enchev; Emily Borrell; Emily Tate; Emma Luck; Emma Nelson; Erica Sackrison; Erica Stroud; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erich Starzinger; Erik Bengtson; Erin T.; Erin Thorvaldson; Erin Underwood; Ethan Anderson; Evan Brodsky; Evelyn Hill; Floyd Hayes; Flynn Reiter; Frank Blache; Frank Canova; Frank McGoldrick; Frank Rotter; Frank Wurtzel; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Garden; Gary Downie; Gary Ridley; Gastineau Guiding; Gem Hows; Geoff Kerr; Gerald Schmidt; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; Ginger Frizzell; Gisela Solà Boloix; Glacier Wind Charters; GNX Guy; Gordon Gates; Grace Corrigan; Gus van Vliet; Hadley Gross; Hannah Berry; Hannah Boron; Hannah Chesebro; Hannah King; Hans Bruning; happywhalessab; Hazel Pittwood; Heather Johnson; Heather Knight; hendrik gilmer; Henry Goode; Henry hebel; Henry Hildreth; Himanshu Arora; Holly Cannon; Holly Edwards; Holly Lohuis; Hongming Zheng; Honu; Hugo Cline; Hunter Cecil; Ian Bullock; Imelda; Isuru Handunneththi; Iván Miranda Franco; Jacquelynn Lockhart; Jada Hector; James Begeman; James Bremner; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; James Fiedler; James Moskito; James Ramsdell; Jamie Lee Peterson; Jamie Print; Jana Johnson; Janelle Brooka; Jane Marino; jane whitten; Jared Cox; Jason Peterson; Jason Stefanides; Jay Kruczynski; Jayleen Bydlon; Jaymini Dave; Jeanne Brown Gardner; Jeannine Thurn; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jennifer Fought; Jennifer Scappettone; Jennifer Singleton; Jennifer Stoudt; Jenny Varley; Jeremy Hathaway; Jerry Ramsey; Jessica Adams; Jessica de Vries; Jessica Rocker; Jessica Taucci; Jessie Johnson; JHONGPINGJIA; Jill Healey; Jillian Woods; Jill K Quaintance; Jill Reiter; Jim Lewis; Jim Nahmens; Joachim Bertrands; Jodi Peter; Jody Palomba; Joel Barrett; Joel Cruz Castilla; Joe Meuleman; Joe Noonan; Joe Olson; joey s; John Carey; John Coffey; John Gardiner; John House; John J King II; John Moran; Johnny Huang; John Stricklin; John Wills; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Jonathan Hill; Jon M; Jono Leadley; Josh Green; Joshua Cotten; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Joshua Weil; Josh Wallace; Josie Lowry; Joyce Xu; Judith Dancer; Judy Millicheap; Julia Acuna; Julia Graeter; Julian Clark; Juliane Schlei; Julian Scott; Julie Franklyn; Julie Huckvale; Junior Evans; Justin Cox; Kaitlyn Kirkland; Kaitlyn Tunick; kalee; Kaleena Smith; Kali Gibbons; Kara Cook; Karen Brand; Karen Nenow; Karen Newby; Karen Scott; Karina; Karre Wilson; Kate Aberi; Kate Allhusen; Kate Scott; Kate Spencer; Katherine McDermott; Katherine Schneider; Kathleen Brown; Kathleen Roggero; Kathleen White; Kathryn Clouston; Kathryn Picardo; Kathy Newstead; Kátia Silva; Katie Cartee; Katie Dunbar; Katie Read; Katlyn Taylor; Kayla Doucette; Kay Ramcheran; Kayvon; Keith Brooks; Keith Gourlay; Keith Gress; Kellie Sorensen; Kelli Marletto; Kelly Boatwright; Kelly Collins; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kelly Livingston; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kelly Morgan; Kelly ouellette; Kelvin Richardson; Ken Bagley; Kendra Krasin; Kennedy Payne; KennethMeijer; Kenneth O'Brien; Kenneth Strahm; Ken Rapp; Ken Szeto; Kent Kornegay; Ken Wright; Keri Bergman; Kerri Orr; Kerstin Ko; Kevin E. Davis; Kevin Elsby; Kevin Guion; Kevin Hall; Kevin Kennison; Kevin Schulte; Kevin Wilgus; Kiley Stevens; Kimberly Kempfer; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kimberly Nielsen; Kimberly Roberts; Kim Powell; Kim Weiss; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kristen Cirillo; Kristen Peterson; Kristian Gillies; Kristina Rau; Kristin Campbell; Kristi Smith; Krystal Nguyen; Kylee Walterman; Kylie West; Kyra Paterson; Laci gist; Landry Bowen; Lara Eade; Lara Rodrigues Leite; Latitude Encounters; Laura; Laura Billeck; Laura Gurak; Laura Santillan; Lauren Bettino; Lauren Cutler; Lauren Eklund; Lauren Reid; Lauren Tucker; Laure Patricot; Lawrie rogerson; Leslie Rapp; Leticia Ro; Lewis Regan; Linda Brown; Linda McWilliams; Linn Jackson; Lisa Boyle; Lisa Roudabush; Lisa Walker; Lisa Woodward; Liz Ramsey; Logan Quayle; Lomvi; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Lorry; Luisa Ferreira; Lynette Dawson-Summerfeldt; Machi Yoshida; Madelaine Altman; Madison Kosma; maia jewell; Mairead Norton; Maksim Antipin; Mandy Hansen; Marcia Van Eden; Marcos Muñoz Medina; Marc Pelissier; MARC SELLERS; Marcus Bergström; Mareth Griffith; Margaret Burks; Maria Andrea Martin Guerrero; Marian Herz; Maria Sunshine; Marie Hill; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Doing; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Ellwein; Mark Fiebert; Mark Girardeau; Mark Huff; Mark OBrien; Martina Bartolini; Martin Tassche; Mary Etta Cochran; Maryjanna Drummond; Mary & Ken Campbell; Mason Donny; Matt DiFrancesco; Matt Franklin; Matthew Barnes; Matthew Chadwick; Matthew Stumpf; Matt Long; Matt Ziegler; Maureen Lien; Max Barrett; Max Block; Max Maharajh; Maya Taffs; McKenna Miller; Megan Broerman; Megan Chapin; Megan Hall; Megan Hillyer; Megan Ireland; Megan Montes; Megan Wells; Meghan doran; Meinke; Melissa Magro; Mel Weber; mengti yang; Michaela Heitmann; Michaela Mansholt; Michael Fishbach; Michael Jackson; Michael Pierson; Michael Wojciechowski; Michele Falivene; Michele Parker; Michele Rocray; Michèle Vogel; Michelle Austin; Michelle Booth; Michelle Cherry; Michelle Kirkpatrick; Michelle McCune, DVM; Mike Desiderio; Mike Doherty; Mike Donald; Mike Greenfelder; Mike Justa; Mike Maki; Milena Zaharieva Whales; Mindy Groves; Mindy Huston; Miranda Williams; Miriam van Hees; Mollie Segall; Molly Batts; Monica Hofmann; Monica Smith; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Roald Amundsen; Nancy Kuhn; Natalie DiBerardinis; Natalie Kervin; Nathan Kelley; Nathan Orlandi; Nathan Small; National Geographic Sea Bird; National Geographic Venture; Neil Carter; Neil Goodman; Neil McDermott; Neil Nesheim; Niccole Vaughn; Nic Dwyer; Nicholas Gray; Nicholas King; Nichole St Germain; Nick Hamill; Nico Heyning; Nicole; Nicole Abrams; Nicole Ciaccia; Nicole Engle; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole perkins; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Schriber; Nicole Sucre; Nicole Webster; nicolle martinez; Niki Weiss; Nikki Garmon; Nile K; Nina Kee; Nina Moysi; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML); Noel Schonhoff; Norman Daniel Mendez Pick; Oana Claudia Dinescu; Oliver Vossen; Olivia Carpenter; Olwyn Friesen; Oscar Farrera; Out to Sea Expedition Company; Owen Watt; Pamela Le Noury; Parker Astley; Patricia Morine; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Thompson; Patrick Wieler; Patty J Flowers; Paul D; paul garriott; Paul Pudwell; Paul Rath; Payton Thomas; Pearl Thompson; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Peggy Mundy; Peter B McAllister; Peter Chen 2.0; Peter Gossage; Peter Herreid; Peter Lawless; Peter Wang; Petra Glardon; Petra Stolz; Philip Stone; Pichayamon Hongsuchon; Priyanka dalal; Rachel Bowers; Rachel Gearhart; Rachel Hammer; Rachel Payne; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Randy Straka; Raymond K Loraine; Rayne Billings; Rebecca Berger; Rebecca Malkewicz; Rebecca Vest; Reg James; Rhonda Glisson; Rhys Watkin; Richard Lovelock; Richard Sidey; Richard Strayer; Richard Weber; Rich Reid; Rick Olson; Rilee Currie; Riley Hansen; Roberta Darrow; Robert Barkie; Robert Bowen; Robert E Johnson; Robert Gowan; Robert Lynn Rosenthal; Robert Perry; Robin Alexis; Robin Froman; Robin Spurlin; Robyn Case; Robyn Hartzell; Roger Davis; Rogier Gruys; Ronald Johnson; Ron Niebrugge; rosann anderson; Rose Donnelly; Ruth Kaelin; Ryan Beck; Ryan Lawler; rylee pearce; Sabine Threin; Samantha Chafe; Samantha Morgan-Vizard; Sam Callewaert; Sam Campbell; Sandra Neumann; Sandy Kirkner; Sandy Levy; Sanne Bakkers; Sara Bayne; Sara Franson; Sarah Galbraith; Sarah McNamara; Sarah Ryan; Sara Rodriguez; sara ryan; Sara Wilhelm; Sara Wise; Sault Photography; Scottie Schmidt; Scott Pirtle; Scott Spickler; Scott Veirs; Sean McRae; Selena Santos Rivera; Seth Singer; shannon; Shannon Malone; Shari Bookstaff; Shawn McAnnally; Sheila Hale; Shelby Gold; Shelby Nielson; Shelly Erceg; Sherry Williams; Sierra Goodman; Sigi Wiesner; smatthew24; SointulArt; Sonja Eberl; Sophie Clements; Sophie Field; Sophie Nessel; Srini Chakravarthi; Staci Edwards; Stephan Brulot-Sawchyn; Stephanie Jurries; Stephanie Stock; Stephanie Wittman; Stephany Clouatre-Groleau; Stephen Kuo; stephen palmer; Stephen Way; Steph Morris; steve; Steve Gompertz; Steve Lefkovits; Steven A Robenalt; Steven Friend; Steven Marsland; Steve Snow; Steve Waller; Susan Rittenhouse; SWFSC - Southwest Acoustic Ecology Lab; Sydney Minges; Sydney Polinchock; TabathaPearlAnn; Tammy Zinz; Tara Styles; tara weberg; Tasha DiMarzio; Tatyana (Taz) Danahy-Moore; Taylor Couture; Taylor Snooks; Ted Cheeseman; Teresa cue; Tess Chapman; Thais Dib Frias; Thomas De Clercq; Thomas I Watkins; Tiffany waldner; Tim Grams; Tim Martin; Timothy Carbone; Timothy Farrell; Tobin Sparling; Todd Atkins; Todd Weisbrot; Tom Anderson; Tomoko Shimotomai; Tom Stoeri; Tom Wilson; Tori Bowe; Tracey Thomas; Tracy Desiderio; Trenton Franco; Trestin Lauricella; Trinitie Seeber; Trisha Ross; Ursula Kuny; Valerie Otto; Vanessa Prigollini; Vanessa Steinweg; Vanuza Borges; Varsha Nair; Veronica Franklin; Vicki Beaver; Victoria Trapasso; Viktoria Muehlbauer; Vincent Mendoza; Vincent von Kaenel; Virginia Boughner; Virginia Caballero Slim; Wally’s Whales Tales; Warren_G_Asher; Warren Zimmer; Wayne Staples; Weixiao Fu; Wendy Chambers; Whale Watch Cabo; winfield; Xiaoyu Yan; Yas Nakayama; Yolanda Deatherage; YUEN; Yves Darveau; Yves Roumazeilles; Zhu; ZHUANG JINJING; Zoe Chambers; Zoe Read

The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.

Overview

Attributes are defined by Happywhale.com.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Internal ID
type	Always "Event"
modified	Last modified
language	Language. Always "en"
institution_code	Institution code. Always "Happywhale"
basis_of_record	Basis of record. Always "HumanObservation"
occurrence_id	Occurrence ID assigned by Happywhale
catalog_number	Catalog number. A link to Happywhale
recorded_by	Person or organization who recorded the data
individual_count	Number of animal
sex	Gender of the animal if known
preparations	Method of data collection. Always "photograph"
occurrence_remarks	Occurrence remarks
organism_id	Organism/animal ID assigned by Happywhale
organism_name	Organism/animal name by provider
organism_remarks	Organism remarks
event_id	Event ID assigned by Happywhale
event_date	Date the picture was taken
event_time	Time the picture was taken in local time zone
higher_geography	Ocean the animal was seen
water_body	Details of ocean
locality	Location of ocean
verbatim_locality	Location of ocean described by the provider
decimal_latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimal_longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geodetic_datum	Geodetic datum. Always "EPSG:4326 WGS84"
coordinate_precision	Coordinate precision
scientific_name	Scientific name
taxon_rank	Taxon rank
vernacular_name	Common name
license	License for picture
rights_holder	Rights holder
external_resource	Link to the picture (mid size)
external_resource_thumb	Link to the picture (small size)