Species Detail - Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Orcinus orca
Killer Whale
N/A
Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive || Protected Species: EU Habitats Directive >> Annex IV || Protected Species: Wildlife Acts
ororc
(Linnaeus, 1758)
marine mammal
Species
5
3
3
22/08/1981
15/06/2008
14 January (recorded in 2014)
31 December (recorded in 1944)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/134663>