Photo Credit to Ruana Singh

Welcome to the worldwide killer whale database. Here, I log the individuals in killer whale populations around the world. Some information may be a little out of date or inaccurate due to old catalogs, but as I find new updated ones, I will update the population's page 

To learn about this database: Follow the "about" tab on the navigation bar!

To find sources: It will be the last thing on the navigation bar! I will list all my information sources there, photo sources are listed under the photos.

To find populations: On the navigation bar, hover over the ocean they inhabit (Pacific, Atlantic, etc) and then hover over the population's tab. Populations are separated by pods under their population page. 

To contact me with corrections, images, or questions: Follow the links on the contact page

Wild Populations

North Pacific Ocean

• West Coast Bigg's ("Transient") Killer Whales

  • Inner Coast Bigg's ("Transients")

  • Outer Coast Bigg's ("Transients")

    • Includes California Transient and Outer Coast Transient killer whales

• Southern Resident Killer Whales

• Northern Resident Killer Whales

• Alaskan Resident Killer Whales

• Oceanic Killer Whales

• Chugach Transients

• Offshores

• Russian Resident Killer Whales

• Eastern Tropical Pacific Killer Whales

  • Includes the "LA Pod" and Mexican Transients

• Japanese Killer Whales

  • Kushiro Killer Whales

  • Shiretoko-Nemuro Strait Killer Whales

• Eastern Kamchatka Killer Whales

• Russian Transient Killer Whales

South Pacific Ocean

• New Zealand Killer Whales

• Eden Killer Whales

• Eastern Australian Killer Whales

• Papua New Guinea Killer Whales

• South Pacific Killer Whales

• Chilean Killer Whales

  • Northern Chile Killer Whales

  • Southern Chile Killer Whales

• Fiji Killer Whales

• Galapagos Killer Whales

• Macquarie Island Killer Whales

North Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico Killer Whales

• Caribbean Killer Whales

• Icelandic Killer Whales

• Scottish ("Northern Isles") Killer Whales

• West Coast Community

• Greenland Killer Whales

• Iberian Killer Whales

• Portuguese Killer Whales

• Amsterdam and St. Paul Killer Whales

• Azores Killer Whales

• Norwegian Killer Whales

  • Western Norway Killer Whales

• Newfoundland Killer Whales

South Atlantic Ocean

• Brazilian Killer Whales

• Argentinean Killer Whales

  • Killer Whales of the Valdés Peninsula

• Falkland Islands Killer Whales

• South Georgia Killer Whales

Southern Ocean

• Terre Adelié Killer Whales

• Antarctic Killer Whales

Indian Ocean

• Crozet Island Killer Whales

  • Crozet Island Type D Killer Whales

• Bremer Bay Killer Whales

• Ningaloo Reef Killer Whales

• Marion Island Killer Whales

• Northern Indian Ocean Killer Whales

• Mozambique Killer Whales

• South African Killer Whales

Arctic Ocean

• Killer Whales of Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area and Surrounding Area

Captives

• SeaWorld San Diego

• Miami Seaquarium

• SeaWorld Orlando

• Marineland Canada

• Marineland Antibes

• Loro Parque

• Mundo Marino

• Kamogawa SeaWorld

• Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium

• Moskvarium

• TINRO Center

• Chimelong Ocean Kingdom