id	type	modified	license	rightsHolder	bibliographicCitation	references	datasetID	institutionCode	collectionCode	datasetName	ownerInstitutionCode	basisOfRecord	dynamicProperties	occurrenceID	catalogNumber	recordNumber	recordedBy	individualCount	sex	lifeStage	occurrenceStatus	associatedMedia	associatedOccurrences	associatedReferences	occurrenceRemarks	organismID	organismRemarks	preparations	eventDate	eventTime	year	month	day	verbatimEventDate	habitat	samplingProtocol	samplingEffort	waterBody	islandGroup	island	country	stateProvince	county	municipality	locality	verbatimLocality	minimumElevationInMeters	maximumElevationInMeters	minimumDepthInMeters	maximumDepthInMeters	decimalLatitude	decimalLongitude	geodeticDatum	coordinateUncertaintyInMeters	coordinatePrecision	verbatimCoordinates	verbatimCoordinateSystem	verbatimSRS	footprintWKT	georeferencedBy	georeferencedDate	georeferenceProtocol	identificationQualifier	typeStatus	identifiedBy	dateIdentified	identificationRemarks	scientificNameID	scientificName	kingdom	phylum	class	order	family	genus	subgenus	specificEpithet	infraspecificEpithet	taxonRank	scientificNameAuthorship	vernacularName	nomenclaturalCode	taxonomicStatus	taxonRemarks
579076	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Whale Watch Western Australia	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean	Whale Watch Western Australia	HumanObservation		579076	https://happywhale.com/individual/143368;enc=579076	1782_64363		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/3331","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"(camera time likely set to ET)"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/143368			2013-01-30		2013	1	30	2013-01-30 00:00:00				Indian Ocean							Western Australia, Australia	Western Australia, Australia					-55.000000	159.000000	EPSG:4326	111319.49	1				POINT(159 -55)		2013-01-30					2013-01-30	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
318961	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Tim Huntington	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean	Tim Huntington	HumanObservation		318961	https://happywhale.com/individual/75073;enc=318961	1782_96287		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/344949","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"(no remarks)"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/75073			2023-02-18T18:31	18:31	2023	2	18	2023-02-18 18:31:00				North Pacific Ocean							California, United States	California, United States					-56.650915	154.474891	EPSG:4326	1.11	1e-05				POINT(154.474891 -56.650915)		2023-02-18T18:31					2023-02-18T18:31	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
379265	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Violaine Dulau	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean	Violaine Dulau	HumanObservation		379265	https://happywhale.com/individual/102247;enc=379265	1782_71108		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/3236","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"(no remarks)"}	https://happywhale.com/individual/102247			2004-02-27		2004	2	27	2004-02-27 00:00:00				Indian Ocean							Reunion	Reunion					-50.000000	167.800000	EPSG:4326	11131.95	0.1				POINT(167.8 -50)		2004-02-27					2004-02-27	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
265043	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean		HumanObservation		265043	https://happywhale.com/individual/277;enc=265043	1782_201375		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/438328","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"Pod of long-finned pilot whales. Pod of about 16-20 whales traveling FAST. Several large males in pod."}	https://happywhale.com/individual/277	This whale is known from research conducted by [**Cascadia Research Collective**](http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/) and collaborators		2024-02-06T20:11:20	20:11:20	2024	2	6	2024-02-06 20:11:20				North Pacific Ocean							California, United States	California, United States					-54.569333	158.959500	EPSG:4326	11131.95	0.1				POINT(158.9595 -54.569333)		2024-02-06T20:11:20					2024-02-06T20:11:20	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
315075	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Anand P Kruttiventi	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean	Anand P Kruttiventi	HumanObservation		315075	https://happywhale.com/encounter/315075	1782_218637		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/547980","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"A pod of Long-finned Pilot Whales encountered on open ocean."}				2024-12-10T16:39:39	16:39:39	2024	12	10	2024-12-10 16:39:39				North Pacific Ocean							Hawaii, United States	Hawaii, United States					-53.197767	166.049618	EPSG:4326	11131.95	0.1				POINT(166.049618 -53.197767)		2024-12-10T16:39:39					2024-12-10T16:39:39	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
488608	Event	2025-08-11 18:44:46	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0	Lisa Steiner	[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography 22(2):104-115		1782	Happywhale.com	1782	Happywhale - Long-finned pilot whale in South Pacific Ocean	Lisa Steiner	HumanObservation		488608	https://happywhale.com/individual/104483;enc=488608	1782_135443		1			present			[{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Southerland, K., and  T. Cheeseman","pubdate":"2025","title_html":"Happywhale encounter","title":"Happywhale encounter","onlink":"https://happywhale.com/"}}},{"crossref":{"citeinfo":{"origin":"Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach","pubdate":"2009","title_html":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","title":"OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions","serinfo":{"sername":"Oceanography","issue":"22(2):104-115"},"onlink":"https://tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle"}}}]	Photo identification; {"catalog_number":"https://happywhale.com/encounter/516930","organism_id":"(unknown)","organism_name":"(no name)","occurrence_remarks":"Long-finned Pilot Whales. Roughly 20-30 individuals with some calves present. Observed on our crossing from Tasmania to NZ, I think initially feeding as that is how they were spotted, then observed travelling."}	https://happywhale.com/individual/104483			2024-12-21T14:42:41	14:42:41	2024	12	21	2024-12-21 14:42:41				North Atlantic Ocean							Azores, Portugal	Azores, Portugal					-44.030000	164.300000	EPSG:4326	11131.95	0.1				POINT(164.3 -44.03)		2024-12-21T14:42:41					2024-12-21T14:42:41	Identification Type: Photo Identification	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137097	Globicephala melas	Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Cetacea	Delphinidae	Globicephala		melas		Species	(Traill, 1809)	Long-finned pilot whale	WoRMS LSID	valid	Taxon recorded as "Long-finned Pilot Whale" by the provider
