Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose Dolphin at Wellington Point, QLD

Tursiops truncatus at Wellington Point, QLD - 7 Sep 2023
Tursiops truncatus at Wellington Point, QLD - 7 Sep 2023
Tursiops truncatus at Wellington Point, QLD - 7 Sep 2023
Tursiops truncatus at Wellington Point, QLD - 7 Sep 2023
Tursiops truncatus at Wellington Point, QLD - 7 Sep 2023
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Identification history

Tursiops truncatus 14 Sep 2023 Liam.m
Tursiops truncatus 14 Sep 2023 TimL

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User's notes

An additional sighting to 4509312. In this sequence there are three individuals visible in the first and fourth images. During this sequence there was a lot of interaction between the dolphins with breaching and swimming in circles. Not sure if there was a school of fish in the area. Additional information is provided in following sighting 4509314.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 4 Abundance
  • 7 Sep 2023 02:05 PM Recorded on
  • TimL Recorded by

Additional information

  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Tursiops truncatus Scientific name
  • Bottlenose Dolphin Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 46.1m Recorded at altitude
  • 127 images trained Machine learning

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  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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