A better knowledge of the animals that we watch, helps us to protect them, but also to understand the environment in which they live and that they divide with other species like the homo sapiens, the latter also being of certain interest!
This logic, associated with various requests for collaboration in the field of photo identification, justifies the creation of this photograph databank. It is not a question of creating a new catalogue, but opening a simple tool to all: curious, whale watchers, students, researchers… where it will be possible to download and upload photos, as well to include them in already existing catalogues, the reference in this field being the catalogue created by IFAW, Dr. Jonathan Gordon and Dra Lisa Steiner, in the Azores in 1987.
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List of 2025's Photo ID
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 06.05.2025 at 10h19
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-12"N-28°-5'-22"W
- Date : 05.31.2025 at 16h34
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-16"N-28°-4'-38"W
- Date : 05.31.2025 at 16h22
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-6"N-28°-4'-24"W
- Date : 05.31.2025 at 16h19
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 257º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-40"N-28°-3'-34"W
- Date : 05.31.2025 at 15h41
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 239º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.31.2025 at 15h41
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-52"N-28°-11'-13"W
- Date : 05.30.2025 at 11h08
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 086º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.29.2025 at 16h07
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-10"N-28°-21'-14"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 15h37
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 272º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-19'-56"N-28°-13'-51"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 11h05
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 275º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 11h04
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-19'-42"N-28°-13'-45"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 10h55
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 250º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-27"N-28°-13'-23"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 10h41
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 238º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-20'-59"N-28°-13'-5"W
- Date : 05.28.2025 at 10h25
- Photographer : Inês Clara
- Trip Number :
- Heading : 287º
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.27.2025 at 15h32
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-9"N-28°-22'-58"W
- Date : 05.27.2025 at 15h32
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-23'-9"N-28°-22'-58"W
- Date : 05.27.2025 at 15h32
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 2
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 38°-22'-57"N-28°-22'-28"W
- Date : 05.27.2025 at 15h23
- Photographer : João Quaresma
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.27.2025 at 15h22
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :
Photo ID : Physeter macrocephalus

- Species :
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale - GPS : 0°-0'-0"N-0°-0'-0"W
- Date : 05.26.2025 at 16h42
- Photographer : Filipa Gonçalves
- Trip Number :
- Heading :
- Behaviour : foraging
- Number of animals : 1
- Group composition :
- Observations :