Happywhale - Humpback whale in South Atlantic 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 588 contributors in alphabetic order:

adam maire; Aditi & Zeb; Adriana Moretta; Adrian Boyle; Adriano Adamson Paiva; Adriano Saraceni Bandeira; Agustina Ramirez; Alain Bidart; Alan Chan; Alan Henry; Alan Johanson; Alan Jones; Alan Simon; Aleksandr Trach; Alexander Assis Moreira; Alexandre Piemonte; Alexandre Zerbini; Alex Brenner; Alex Vogel; Alice Forrest; Aline de Jesus Lobo; Aline Garcia Morais Sales; Allan Templeton; Amanda Alves Gomes; Amanda dutra; Amy Kennedy; Ana Alice de Morais Mangueira; Ana Beatriz; Ana Clara Nadim; Ana Ferreira; Ana Julia Oliveira Vianna; Ana Luisa Teixeira; Ana Luiza Vale; Andre Miranda Daher; André Soller; Andressa Pezenti; Andrew Macau de Lima; Andrew Thompson; Andries Godlieb Brummer; Andy Pollard; Anerléia Barbosa; Angélica Bastos Leite; Anita Boerefijn; Anja Fischenich; Anna Astafurova; Anna Belcher; Annette Bombosch; Annika Romeyn; Ashley Hamilton; Aurelio Rufo; Aurora Expeditions Greg Mortimer; Aurora Expeditions Sylvia Earle; Aveline Galea; BabzRobinson; Beatriz Alencar; Beatriz Ribeiro; Beatriz Rosse Queiroz; Becci Jewell; Becky Clark; Beluga Zeng; BenBen; Benjamin Wambergue; BENJAMIN WILLIAM PEARCE; Ben Osborne; Ben Phalan; Bernd van Heerden; BIA HETZEL; Bob H.; Brenno Andreozi Mendes; Brian Dolan; Brian Kirsch; British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research staff; Bronwen Trupp; Bruce Pailthorpe; Bruna Borel Barrocas; Bruna Cavalcante Patrício; Bruna Monteiro de Magalhães; Bruno Arantes de Andrade Bueno; Bruno de Franco Orsi; Bruno Prothes; Byron Elvin Berger; Camila Fernandes; Camille De Castro; Carina Gsottbauer; Carla Fiorito; Carley Lowe; Carl Henry; Carlos Martins; Carmen; Carol; Carol Hemminger; Carolina Fernandes; Carolina Tiemi Sato Komatsu; Caroline Lupini; Carol La Terza; Carolyn Dankowski; Carolyn Roberts; Catarina Fransani; Cecilia Facchola; Celeste Natividad; César Augusto Gribaudo; Charissa Dyer-Kendler; Chiara Franzoni; Chiara Titton; Chris Croxson; Chris M; Chris & Monique Fallows; Chris Peryer; Christian Engelke; Christopher Daniel; Chris Wilkinson; Cibele Monique Sanches; Cindy Marple; Cindy Miller Hopkins; Claude Peffer; Claudia Weber-Gebert; coline serre; Colleen Goujjane; Conor Ryan; Craig Nisbet; Crawford Anderson; Cynthia Black; Cynthia Wilson; Daiana Paula da Silva Cabral; Dale Frink; Dan Brown; Dani Abras; Daniela Derron; Daniela Scola; Dan W; Daryl de Beer; Dave de Beer; Dave Wilson; David Boyarski; David Cummings; David Hurwitz; David Pechey; David Simms; Deborah Komatsu; Declan Troy; Derren Fox; De Wulf Maurina (maluga); Diana Carvalho de Freitas; Diego Locatelli; Diego Menezes Marto; Diego Valverde Medeiros; Diphane Heringer Duarte de Souza; Dmitrii Kiselev; Dolores Muff; Dr. Johannes Meiler; Dyer Island Cruises; ECoMAR-UFRJ; EcoSaber; Ecosul Turismo; Edgar Roller; Eli Konen; Elisabeth Badosa; Elisa Seyboth; Ella Crowie; Ella Potts; Ellen Adelman; Els Vermeulen; Emilia Mussoni; Emily Clarke; Eric BAUDIN; Érika Coelho; Erika Donovan; Erika Ramos Mello; Erika zolcsak; Erin Hallaby; Evelien Haels; Even Diandra Braga Aguiar; Ezra Siegel; Fabiana magon limonete; Fabiane Mota; Fabio; Fay Gao; Felipe Antonio Rodrigues Peixoto; Felipe Buloto; Felipe Sousa Furtado; Fernanda Hashitani; Filipe Versehgi Silva; Flávia de Paulo Daurelio; Flavio Degrandi; Francesco Mandrile; Francini gea; Frank; Frank Santos; Frank Sellke; Frank Tetreault; Fritz Becker; Gabi Carrera; Gabriela C Oms; Gabriela Corso da Silva; Gabriela Fernandes; Gabriela Guimarães Siqueira; Gabriel Duarte Evangelista; Gabriella Mitsi Russo; Gabriel Lisboa; Gabriel Serwy Caram; Gabriel silva torres; Gabriel Vérité; G Adventures Expedition Team; Gareth Greenwood; Geerte Beesems; Genna Roland; George Perry; Geovana cartaxo; Gerald Friesen; Gert van der Heide; Gigi Laidler; Gilmara Barros de Lima; Giovana H. Meneguin; Gisele souza; Graham Knights; Greame Grant; Greg Frankfurter; GRUILLOT Léna; Gustavo Pedro de Paula; Guy Elliott; Gwenael Vourch; Hannah Baldwin; Hayley Adlam; Heidi Krajewsky; Heinz Toperczer; Heitor C; heitor rodrigues; Helder Antônio Medina Avila; Helen Ahern; Helena Muller Manzano; Helen Moore; Heloisa Louzada; Henrique Monteiro; Hew Barreto; Holger Simm; Holly Harper; Hugo BARON; HUMPBACK WHALE INSTITUTE - BRAZIL; Igor Camacho; Ilha do Gato; Ingrid Van Keilegom; Inia; Ioana Catalina Echim; Isabel Spieth; Isaure Michaud; Ivan Grolig; Ivo Gilmar Silva Junior; Ivy Frizo; IWC Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (SOWER) cruises; Jack-Jan de Jonge; Jacqueline Bath; James F C Hyde IV; James Marshall; James Tyrrell; James William Lynn; James Wreyford; Jamie Coleman; Jan Fijolek; Jan Werndl; JAQUELINE YURI NAKAMURA; Jason Denesevich; Javier Cotin; Jay Paul; Jeannine Winkel; Jean-Paul Hafner; Jeff; Jeff Bullied; Jeff Higgott; Jeffrey Slater; Jeff Thiemann; Jessica cavalcante de lima; Jill Niederberger; Jim Wilson; Jin Cao; Jindrich H. Boehm; Jiran Zhang; jlddt; Joel Moore; Jo Feldman; John Belchamber; John Dickens; Jonathan Reid; Joseph Morlan; Joseph Slingers; Joshua Matson; Joshua Peck; Joshua Pons; Joy Reidenberg; Judy Anderson; Judy Barnes; Juergen Gangoly; JuleeMango; Julia Hortin; Julia Jannuzzi Vicentin Bezerra; Juliana; Juliana Fortes de Macedo Soares; Juliana Ribeiro; Julien Ghossoub; Juliet Waterkeyn; Julio Cardoso; Julio Cesar Teixeira de Morais; Justin Blake; Justin Hofman; Karen Backer; Karen Ballard; Karen Gramigna-Warren; Karen Ordway; Karina Costa; Karissa Zelada; Karl Snow; Katlyn Taylor; Kendra Chittenden; Ken The Whale-man Moore; Kerstin Rapp; Kevin Elsby; Kimberly Nesbitt; Klaus Beher; KP Science; Kristina Rau; Kurtis Randall; Laila Rebeca do Amaral; Lais Dana Jin; Laís Machado; Lais Vilasbôas Azevedo; Lara Domingues de Carvalho; Lara Rodrigues Leite; Larissa Soares Santim; Larissa Uema; Lars Melcher; Laura Fuzaro; Laura Gledhill; Lauren Farmer; Leah Hall; Leandro Borges Gasparino; Leandro Mendes de Sousa Carmo; Lea Smit; Leigh Segel; Leiv Poncet; Leon Strydom; Leticia Leme; Liam Collins; Lidio França; Liliana Reis Rosa; Liliane Lodi; linda vaughn; Lirra Carolina Morciani Rivelini Brito; Lisa Heinz; Litty Tan; Lomvi; lsm971229; Lucas Afonso; Lucas Nakano; Lucca Spinola Perez; Lucía Frones Placeres; Lucia Morillo; Luciana Saab; Ludmila faria; Luiza Panini; LUIZ OTAVIO FREITAS MAIA JUNIOR; Lyara Maurutto; Lynette Human; Lynn Salmon; Madelyn Caltabiano; Magda Laís Paiva Diniz; Mailén Palma; Maíta Moura; Manuel Albaladejo; Manuel Mascarello; Marcele Ayumi Horikawa Oshiro; Marcelo Andrade; MARCELO CANEPPELE; Marcelo Francisco de Lima; Marcel V. de Morais; Marcel Weder; marcia souza e silva de oliveira; Marcio Motta; Marcos Santos; Marcus Bergström; Mar e Vida Eco Trip; Maria Intxaustegi; Mariana Merchiol; Marijke Nita de Boer; Marilia Olio; Marilyn Essex; Marina Leite Marques; Mario Fernando Prieto Peres; Marisa Berzano; Mark Doing; Mark Harris; Markus Tamm; marna van der walt; Marnie Smith; Martin Anstee; Martin Collins; Martin Digby; Martin Etsebeth; Martin Schoo; Maryana Campanella Bernini; Mary Ann Jensen; Matheus Reddo; Mathilde Hoogerwerf; Matthew Church; Matthew Germishuizen; Max MB; Max Moreno Glegiston; Maycon Victorino Cardoso; Mdu Seakamela; Melisa Coronel; Merlijn Hulsenboom; Michaella Andrade; Michael P Rubinstein; Michael Scott; michelle gamble; Michelle Li Ling Fu; Miguel Monteiro; Mike Greenfelder; Miranda; Miriam van Hees; Mitchell Collins; Monica Franco da Fonseca; Monika Trümper; Monique Radford; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Roald Amundsen; MS Seaventure citizen science; Munir El Hage; Murillo Inojosa Wolf; Nadja Velez; Naftali Honig; Namibian Dolphin Project; Nanette Smith; Natália Carneiro; Natalie Ensor; Nathalia Pequino; Nathan Majors; Nereida Paris; Nicholas Fourie; Nick Leggatt; Nick Mason; Nico Heyning; Nicola Campen; Nicoletta von Pauer; Nikki; Nils Siebeneicher; Nina Herbert; Nir Shaviv; Noah Strycker; Ortelius - Oceanwide Expeditions; Pamela Le Noury; Paolo Vargas; Patagonia Azul; patricia andrea colombo; Patricia Scalea; Patrick Chauvet; Patrick Rüegg; Paula Olson; Paul Lipschitz; Paulo Mattos Filho; Paul Page; Pedro Cappelli Saad Raizer; Peter Amster; Peter Wilson; Petra Glardon; Phil Crane; Philip Precey; Pieter Gorzeman; Pippa Low; Plancius; PLX Citizen Scientists; Projeto Amigo da Jubarte; Projeto Mar de Baleia; Rachel Rodell; Rafael Cruz de Souza; Rafael Sacharny Machado; Raphaela Kamyla de Souza Santos; Raphael Alcantara; Raphael Silveira; Raquel do Vale; @redemarbrasil; Renata Sousa-Lima; Richard Ingels; Richard Nicoll; Rico van Manen; Roberta Becker Montibeller; Robert Carr; Robert Moore; Roberto Rodrigues Faria; Robert Stallard; Rob Jansen; Rodolfo Bonoto Estevam; Rodolfo Colen de Almeida; Rodrigo Marquezini; Rodrigo Mendes; Rodrigo Passos dos Santos; Rodrigo Tavares da Silva; ROSEMBERGG LOURES RODRIGUES; R Schimpf; Ruben Fijn; Rubenv; Rudi Strydom; Ruth Hughes; Sabina Bleisch; Sacha Viquerat; Samantha Johnson; Samara Valle; Sandra Wayman; Sanne Paarman; Sarah; Sarah Kather; Sarah Keenan; Sara Jenner; Science Coordinator MS Fram; Scott Allen; Seamade; Sean Neilson; Sea Shepherd Brasil; Sergio Cipolotti; Shane Beans; Shirley; Shreya; SH Vega - Swan Hellenic; Sidney Batista Dutra Júnior; Simone Eley; Simon Elwen; Siyu Liu; Sofia Richter Rabello; Sophie Steinhausen; Southern Right Charters; Stanislav Stelmakhovich; Stefan Kaeser; Steph & Oli Prince; steve; Steve Benjamin; Stuart Harley; Stuart Hortin; Susan Albrecht; Susan Portnoy; suse kuhn; Susie farnon; Svenja Stoehr; Sylvia Ng; Taciany Vizcaino; Tamima Itani; Tatiana Mantovani Miranda dos Santos; Tatiane de Oliveira Hirose; Ted Cheeseman; Thais Hokoç M Melo; Thais Marina Prado; Tharik de Almeida Antunes; Thiago Fayrdin; Thiago Onofre Pinheiro Rosa; Thomas Kuwatsch; Thomas Ronge; TIAGO BARACHO; Tiago Rodrigues; Tim Stenton; Tobias Brehm; Tom Barcley; Tom odbert; Tony Chewter; Tony wright; Tracy Cooper; Troels Jacobsen; Trond Elde; Tyson Richmond; Umesh Madan; Vahe Guzelimian; Valeria Conversani; Valeria D'Agostino; Valérie Vogelsanger; Vanessa Paranhos Tutner; Victor Bruscagin; Victor Taranto; Vinicius Damasceno; Virginia Mach; Vivian Lambert; Vivianne Torres Mendonça; Vladimir da Franca Fernandes; vonmatter; Wang Xiaogang; Wanzi; Wayne Brown; Wesley Lirani; WhaleExpeditionSA; Yaci Gallo; Yanco Gomes Ferreira; Yvonne Cremanns; ZHOU YUAN

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)