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Long-finned Pilot Whale – Globicephala melas

Spectrograms

Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale

Sound clips

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Sound clips courtesy of Centre for Whale Research and the Royal Australian Navy. Photos by Christine Erbe.
Also see: Courts, R., Erbe, C., Wellard, R., Boisseau, O., Jenner, K. C., & Jenner, M.-N. (2020). Australian long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) emit stereotypical, variable, biphonic, multi-component, and sequenced vocalisations, similar to those recorded in the northern hemisphere. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 20609, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74111-y.