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Happywhale - Killer whale in South Pacific Ocean
Happywhale
Dataset credit
Happywhale and contributors
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
| Primary contact |
Ted Cheeseman |
Happywhale.com |
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| Data entry |
Ei Fujioka |
Duke University |
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Citation
Happywhale. 2025. Happywhale - Killer whale in South Pacific Ocean. Version 1.2.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/774325ad.
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Abstract
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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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
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 41 contributors in alphabetic order:
ALEXIS CHANGO; Alvaro Jaramillo; Blake Hornblow; Carlos Moreno; Casey Perry; CIFAMAC; Conor Ryan; Cynthia Manning; Daniel Johnston; Dixie Sommers; Finn; Hannah B; Hannah Chesebro; happywhalessab; Jamie Coleman; Javier Cotin; Julia Graeter; julia steffen; Laura Gilmore; Lida pimper; Madalena; Magnus Persmark; Mark Yungnickel; Nigel Milius; Nigel Watt; Olaf Pignataro; Omar Barroso Putare; ONG Vuelve al Océano; Petra Glardon; rachelle mackintosh; Rhianne Manners; Ricardo Matus; Sinead O'Flaherty; Tanya Smart; Ted Lamb; Toby Dickson; Veronique Bertani; Vicente Aravena Yañez; Viking Polaris; Whale Watching Chile; Yuan
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Change History
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.
- 1.2.0 (2025-11-17) - Update - Monthly update in Nov 2025.
- 1.1.0 (2025-09-30) - Update - Complete refersh due to database migration in Sep 2025.
- 1.0.0 (2018-02-23) - Initial
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References
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Attributes
Overview
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 | |
| type | |
| modified | |
| language | |
| institution_code | |
| basis_of_record | |
| occurrence_id | |
| catalog_number | |
| recorded_by | |
| individual_count | |
| sex | |
| preparations | |
| occurrence_remarks | |
| organism_id | |
| organism_name | |
| organism_remarks | |
| event_id | |
| event_date | |
| event_time | |
| higher_geography | |
| water_body | |
| locality | |
| verbatim_locality | |
| decimal_latitude | |
| decimal_longitude | |
| geodetic_datum | |
| coordinate_precision | |
| scientific_name | |
| taxon_rank | |
| vernacular_name | |
| license | |
| rights_holder | |
| external_resource | |
| external_resource_thumb | |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 1721 |
| DOI | 10.82144/774325ad |
| Version | 1.2.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 75 |
| Sea turtles | 0 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | 0 |
| Total | 75 |
| Date, Begin | 2011-02-24 |
| Date, End | 2025-09-24 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | -54.93 - 1.39 |
| Longitude | -145.66 - 176.16 |
| Coord. prec. | 6 decimal digits |
| Platform | Boat |
| Data type | Photo ID |
| Effort | N/A |
| Registered | 2018-02-23 |
| Updated | 2025-11-15 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
CC-BY-NC (All) |
| Sub group(s) | Happywhale |
| Shared with |
GBIF
OBIS |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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