Happywhale - Humpback Whale in South 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 632 contributors in alphabetic order:

Abbie; Adam Bradley; Adrian Bell; Adrian Paul; Alan Jennison; Alan Mclean; Alan Melville; Alanna Beck Godfrey; Alexander Grabham; Alexander Rivest; Alexandra Whittaker; Alex Macipe; Alex Rodrigo Sánchez Barra; Alex Vogel; Alfredo Carrasco Valdivieso; Alice van Ark; Alicia; Alison Lanza; Alison Short; Allan Cronin; Alli Clarke; Amanda Philp; Amanda Zimmerman; Amber Prentice; Amber Zuvela; Amol Ghodke; Amy Marmin; Amy Thomas; Amy Woodhouse; ana; Anastasia; Andrea Petit Grüter; Andreas Geislinger; Andre Joanisse; Andrew Cowley; Andrew Dyson; Andrew Jones; Andrew Peacock; Andrew Young; Andy Murray; Ange Anderson; Angela; Angela Fontaine; Angela Lucieer; Angelica Schroffel; Anita mills; Annalee Harder; Annalisa Paparo; Anneke Borrett; Annette Eggleston; Annie Skarratt; Annika Dahlberg; Ann Joned; Anthony Bebb; Anthony Brown; anthony Crampton; Anthony Lacey (Tony) Lunt; Anthony Walsh; Antoine Viot; April Houweling; Arne Bivrin; Arun; Ash McMurrich; Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari; Audrey Lazaris; Avery; Avigail Meirson; Baileigh gaylard; Barbara Anne Brandon; Barbara Bowers; Barbara Elliot; Barry Callister; Baz A Brown; B. Cameron Lee; Belinda Barker; Belinda Buso; Belinda carey; Belle Sinclair; Ben Jacobsen; Ben Perceval; Benthe Koster; Blueys Photography; Bob Jensen; Brett Lloyd Payne; Brian Dolan; Bronwyn Keller; Brooke Thompson; Bryan Grundy; Bud Lensing; Caine Delacy; Caitlin ford; Camila Calderón Quirgas; Camilla Davis; Cara Orr; Cara V; Carla Patulny; Carlos Olavarria; Carlynn Matehaere; Carmel Laxton; Carola Heiner-Braun; Cassandra Smith; Cassie Chronik; Cassie Duncan; Celine Dujardin; Chantelle; Charlotte Esposito; Cheree Robinson; Cheryl Cooper; Chris Mackenzie; Chrissy Choi; Christine Whalan; Christophe; CIFAMAC; Cindy Marple; Cindy Reich; Claire Garrigue; Claire Parkyn; Claudio F. Vidal; Clayton Harris; Colin Van den Bossche; Constanza Carolina Rojas Cerda; Constanza Rojas Cerda; coralie fuchs; Crystal Miskin; Cynthia Bodycote; Cynthia Manning; Dana Thacker; Dani Abras; Daniel; Daniela McCann; Daniel Burns; Daniel Davis; Daniel Lovisa; Daniel Slotwiner; DarrenJew; Darren Rice; Darren Wong; Daryn Young; Dave Lawson; Dave Phillips; David; David de Groot; David Donnelly; David Gowans; David Hidalgo; David Palfrey; Deanne Clunie; Deborah Lee Vandermeer; Deb Smith; Deirdre Reynolds; Denise Hill; Denise mardel; Diego; Dom; Dominic May; Dominik Fretz; Donna Romeril; Donna Wilson; Drew O'Shannassy; Dr Trish Franklin; Dr Wally Franklin; East Coast Whale Watch Citizen Scientists; Eileen Roche; Elaine Medlin; Elie Vannier; Ella Pepper; Ellen Louise Lee; Eloise Wright; Elsa Freschet; Emilee thompson; Emily; Emily Derix; Emily Ebbutt; Emily Kumar; Emma Neave-Webb; Emma Phillips; Eric Carr; Erik Sandvig; Erin Doust; Erin Flannery; Eva Gordon; Fabian Varasteh; Felipe Arruda; Fernanda Moura; Fernando Félix Grijalva; Fiamma; Fiona Robertson; fiona wardle; Flo Kuyper; Frederik; Gabriel Leiva Muñoz; Gailene Hughes; Gaye Henderson; GBR Legacy; Geoff Kerr; Geoffrey Reginald McGrath; Geoff Richmond; Geoff Steele; Geoff White; George; Georgia Hume; Gerald Friesen; Gerrit Schmidt-Foss; Gillian Prior; Glenda Emmerson; Gonzalo Gomez; Gordon Williams; Grace Russell; Greg Adcock; GretavdR; Gustavo Cevallos; Hailey Sara; Hamish Laird; Hannah Berg; Hannah Busch; hannah gordon; Hannah Lawson; Hans Verdaat; Hayley Charlton-Howard; Hayley Edmondson-Clark; Hayley Newell; Helen Robertson; Herve Sibert; Holly; Horst Klotz; Ian Barnes; Ian Prain; Ian Routley; Inga Rodieck; Ingrid Laurence; Iona Bonney; Isaac Self; Isabelle Scott; Ismail Shiyaad; Jack McCabe; Jacob McMaster; Jaden Orli; James F C Hyde IV; James Green; James Unsworth; Jamie Coleman; Janelle Bressow; Jan Hunter; Janine hoult; Jan Reed; Jan & Saskia; Jarmo Joensuu; Jasmine Carey; Jasmine Fenton; Jayden Freeman; Jazmin-Breeze Freeman; Jean-François Peretti; Jean-Louis Delezenne; Jeannine Winkel; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jen; Jen Cruickshank; Jenn; Jennifer Liang; Jennifer Smith; Jenni Payne; Jessica Milne; Jess scionti; Jess terry; Jess Thomas; Jetty Dive Centre; Jill Ashby; Jill Hein; Jim Eaton; jimmy langman; Jim Wilson; Jip Vrooman; Joanne Buddle; Jo Bird; Jodi Carlton; Jodie Lowe; Jodie ward; Jodi Pringle; Joe Goodson; Joel Moore; John Chardine; john henderson; John Howard; John Thompson; Jordan Wainwright; Jorge Acevedo; Jorge Herreros; Joseph Hinchey; Joseph Michael; Joshua ROUGER; Joshua Woods; Josie Banens; Josie Faulkner; Jo Ward; J S Batchelor; Juan Capella; Juan Francisco Espinoza Nievas; Juan Manuel Salcedo; Judith Denkinger; Judith Hitchcock; Judy Barnes; Julia Brown; Julianna Diehl; Julia Wilson; Julie Brown; Julie Cronin; Julie Decker; Julie Kondor; Julien Dagher; Julie Parker; June Burlingame Smith; Kahala; Karen Stone; Karolina Dawkins; Kate Stafford; Katherine Rose; Katherine Spicer; Kathy; Kathy D'Arnay; Kathy Schlief; Katie Forbes; Kayla Foord; Kellie Anset; Kelly Summers; Kelly V; Ken Struthers; Kerry Purvis; Kimberley Kanages; Kimberley McClintock; Kim Powell; Kim Read; Kim Stowers; Kim van Oudheusden; Ko; Kristen MacDonald; Kristie Dickinson; Kylie Jones; Kylie Ryan; Kym-Cheree Adams; Laura Chaffey; Laura Darlington; Laura Gourgas; Lawrence Friell; Leanne; Leanne Eden; Leanne Maffesoni; Leanne Siveyer; Lee Matthews; Leonie Danninger; Lesley Teale; letitia scott; Lianne MacLeod; Libby Troy; Lily Barnett; Lindsay Devery; Lindsey; Lisa Connors; Lisa Kruger; Lisa Roberts; Lisa Skelton; Liz Jackson; Liz McGinnes; Lorelei Murdoch; Lorelle Phoenix; Lory Barra; Lucas Skelly; Lucia; Lucile Sachot; Lucy Tyrrell; Lyle Leonidas; Lynda Booth; Lynda Fay Latimer; Lynda Shaw; Lynn Salmon; Maarten van Rossum; Mackenzie Dunkley; Maddy Prince; Madeleine Brasier; Madeline Mead; Madison McGreevy; Madison Miketa; Mads Andreasen; Marg McPhee; maria canahua; Marian Bennett; Marian Herz; Mariela Cornejo; Marie Z. Gardner; Marilia Olio; Marine Mammal Ecology Group, University of Auckland; Mark Andrew Cornish; Mark Davis; Mark Morris; Mark Scanlan; Mark Shepherd; Marnie Griffiths; Matt Draper; matthew; Matthew Bendt; Me; Megan Roy; Melanie Bragg; Melanie Smith; Melissa Webb; Merryn Dunleavy; Mette Lubczyk; Michael Bates; Michael Brighton; Michael Cupitt; Michael Gruber; Michael John Watson; Michael Mathes; Michael Shelley; Michelle Sutton; Michelle Vela; Mindy Huston; Miranda van der Linde; Miriam de Vries; miro; misha baars; Monica Woolmer; Mr Ashley Sykes; MS Fridtjof Nansen; Nadia Aly; Nadine Holfter; Naomie Jenkins; Naomi Lessels; Narelle Rhodes; Natalia Lucía Repetto; Natalia Serrano; natasha n; Nathaniel Lau; Nathan Kelley; Neil Vincent; Nelson Jay; Nicole prideaux; Nikita Retsas; Nikolas panagis; Nina Kee; Noosa Oceanrider; Norfolk Island Whale Survey; Olaf Meynecke; Olive Andrews; Olivia Van Baarsen; Omar Barroso Putare; Oma Tafua; Onboard Photographers-Sea World Cruises; Pacific Whale Foundation; Patrick O Byrne; Paul Clammer; Paul Cottis; Paul G; paul glasby; Paul Hodda; Paul John Scranton; Paul Kensley; Paul Myers; Penney Lang; Penni James; Peta Beeman; Pete Garbett; Pete Naik; Peter Bedford; Peter Harrison; Petra Glardon; Phil House; Philip Precey; Philip van Dueren; Phill Bowey; Pia Montanaro; Rachael C; Rachel Jewiss; Rachel Robinson; Rachel Roughan; Rae Gill; Rae Sissons; Raina Burke; Ralf Linnemann; Raphael Mayaud; Rebecca; Rebecca Lightfoot; Rebecca Sutherland; Rebekah; Reinhold Skoglund; Renee DeBont; Rhani Turcolin; Rhianna; Ricardo JANER; Ricardo Matus; Richard Bruce Taylor; Richard Howitt; Richard Schofield; Richard W Dolan; Rich Griffith; Rich Hudnut Jr; Riley Rogers; Ri Moy; Rita Kluge; Ritsuko Fujimori; Roberta Skoric; Robert Hamilton; Robert Watson; Robert Whelan; Robin; Robin Hughes; Robin Pearson; Robyn Box; Robyn Sawyer; Roland; Rolf Clarke; Ronlee ash; Ronny Ling; Ros; Rosalind Butt; Rosanne; Roxane Damseaux; Ruby Slavet-Burr; Rupert Maloney; Ruth McMullan; Ryan Twomey; Sacha Guggenheimer; Sage Davis; Sally Forsyrhe; Sally Hinton; Samantha Roberson; Samantha Wakefield; Sam Tedcastle; Sam Watkins - Travelling Jewel Photography; Sandie williams; Sandra; Sandra Patterson; Sandy Carroll; Sandy Mendel; Sara Fernandez; Sarah; Sarah Birbeck; Sarah Freeman; Sarah Gower; Sarah Johnson; Sarah Kather; Scott Portelli; Scott Wallace; Sean adair; Selina Guckenbiehl; Selket Kaufman; sergio ujevic; Shae Libbis; Shannon meaney; Sharee Nagle; Sharni Statham; Sharon Steiner; Sharyn Coffee; Sian Francis; Sigi Wiesner; Sigrid Visser; Simon; Simon Marville; Simon Ottner; Siro Mueller; sonia buckley; Sophia Blechschmidt; Sophia Zell; Stefan Braeger; Stefan Kleijkamp; Steffo Polar; Stephanie Jensen; Stephen; Stephen Brown; Stephenie Ezzy; Stephen Lee; Stephen S; Stephen Steele; Steven Wincor; Steve Saragossi; Sue Grimshaw; Sue Reid; Susan Bengtson Nash; Susan Monkley; Swathi Singh; Tamara Bulley; Tammie Jaeger; Tanya Johnstone; Tanya Snowden; Tarni McKay; Ted Cheeseman; teena_swinburne@hotmail.com; Thea Thompson; Tim Cunningham; Tim Glaeser; Timothy Roper; Tim Shaw; Tim Zieger; Toby Janes; Tod Spencer; Tom Pegram; Tony Jungels; tory guy; Tory Johnson; Tracey Cragg; Tracy Waters; Trent; Trevor A Schweitzer; Trish Nickson; Tyrone Brent Mckendry; Ursula Benstead; Valentina Marín benitez; Veronika Doppelreiter; Vicente Aravena Yañez; Vicki Beaver; Vicki Neville; VICKI WELSH; Vicki Wilson; Vicky Sprecak; Vincent von Kaenel; Wayne Bell; Wayne Finger; Wazza Stubbs; Wendy Blacka; Wendy Fehlberg; Wendy klein; Whalesong Cruises Hervey Bay; Whale Watcher; Whale Watching Chile; Wild Ocean Tasmania; Wilhelm SUESSENBACH; wukai kong; Yvonne Au; Yvonne Rosemary Callander Bellamy; Zachary eagleson; Zachary Horton; Zee Merven; Zoe Hyson

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

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. Always 1
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)