#0062 · 🦊 mammals
Orca
🇳🇱 Orka ·Orcinus orca
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- 1. © Sherry Kirkvold · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Zach Baranowski · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Liam Ragan · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 5. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Martín Acosta Albarracín · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Chong Yan Kai · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Robin Gwen Agarwal (ANudibranchMom on iNaturalist) · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The largest living species of dolphin
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 11,831 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Orca
- Nederlands
- Orka
- scientific name
- Orcinus orca
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Artiodactyla
- family
- Delphinidae
- IUCN Red List
- DD · data deficient
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 444
- sightings worldwide
- 11,831
- GBIF records in NL
- 218
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: onvoldoende gegevens. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Delphinidae
#0051 📷 7Common Dolphin
🇳🇱 Gewone Dolfijn
Delphinus delphis
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0060 📷 9White-beaked Dolphin
🇳🇱 Witsnuitdolfijn
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
LC 👀 3 in NL
#0064 📷 8Long-finned Pilot Whale
🇳🇱 Griend
Globicephala melas
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0067 📷 8Common Bottlenose Dolphin
🇳🇱 Tuimelaar
Tursiops truncatus
LC 👀 1 in NL
#0346 📷 10Tamanend's Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops erebennus
🌍 4.4k seen
#0379 📷 9Spinner Dolphin
🇳🇱 Langsnuitdolfijn
Stenella longirostris
LC 🌍 3.5k seen
#0383 📷 10Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
🇳🇱 Langbektuimelaar
Tursiops aduncus
NT 🌍 3.5k seen
#0113 📷 10Risso's Dolphin
🇳🇱 Gramper
Grampus griseus
LC 🌍 3.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 41521, Wikidata Q26843, GBIF 2440483, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.