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Photo Credit: Stubbs Island Whale Watch
G3 Matriline
G3 Matriline
Current Matriarch: G20, G22 (Matrilines considered separate despite family ties
Number of Individuals: 39 (32 living- 13 female, 6 male, 13 unknown gender; 8 deceased- 1 female, 2 male, 5 unknown gender)
G1 (Male; ~1952-1978 (~22))
Presumed brother of G3
G3 (Female;Â ~1959-2020 (~61))
Presumed sister of G1
G19 (Male; 1976-2005 (29))
G20 (Female; ~1972)
G37 (Female; 1984)
G63 (Female; 1999)
G93 (Female; 2010)
G133 (Unknown; 2024)
G109 (Unknown; 2015)
G126 (Unknown; 2023)
G80 (Female; 2006)
G118 (Unknown; 2019)
G134 (Unknown; 2024)
G105 (Unknown; 2012)
G120 (Unknown; 2021)
G48 (Female; 1990)
G83 (Female; 2007)
G125 (Unknown; 2022)
G106 (Unknown; 2013)
G116 (Male; 2018)
G130 (Unknown; 2024)
G69 (Female; 2001)
G107 (Female; 2014)
G119 (Unknown; 2021)
G56 (Unknown; 1994-1997 (3))
G61 (Unknown; 1998-2005 (7))
G73 (Male; 2004)
G92 (Male; 2009)
G22 (Female; 1979)
G51 (Female; 1992)
G81 (Male; 2006)
G108 (Unknown; 2014)
G124 (Unknown; 2022)
G68 (Unknown; 2001-2003 (2))
G74 (Unknown; 2005-2005 (<1))
G86 (Female; 2008)
G104 (Male; 2012)
G114 (Female; 2014)
G32 (Male; 1982)
Received an injury to his dorsal fin in 2006, cause is unknown
G44 (Unknown; 1989-2003 (14))
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G3
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G19
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G22
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G104
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G44
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G32
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G114
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G86
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G51
Photo Credit: Center for Whale Research
G81
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G108
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G124
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G20
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G92
Photo Credit: Center for Whale Research
G73
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G61
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G69
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G107
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G119
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G48
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G83
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G106
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G116
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G37
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G105
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G120
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G80
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G118
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G63
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G93
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G109
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G126
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G4 Kilbella
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G6
G4 Matriline
G4 Matriline
Current Matriarch: None, this matriline died out
Number of Individuals: 3 (0 living; 3 deceased- 1 female, 2 male)
G4 Kilbella (Female; ~1955-2007 (~52))
Named after Kilbella Bay. Gə̀ldala (Kilbella) means "long river" in the ’Wùik̓ala language
G6 (Male; ~1968-1997 (~29))
G26 (Male; ~1970-1997 (~27))
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G26
G17 Matriline
G17 Matriline
Current Matriarch: G50
Number of Individuals: 20 (5 living- 3 female, 2 male; 8 deceased- 2 female, 4 male, 6 unknown gender)
G7 (Male; ~1952-1981 (~29))
Presumed brother of G17
G17 (Female; ~1955-2001 (~46))
Presumed sister of G7
G9 (Male; ~1968-1989 (~21))
G23 (Female; ~1981-2010 (~29))
Birth year is listed as 1981 in the 2010 catalog, but 1992 in the 2015 and 2019 ones. I'm marking her birth year as 1981 as her daughter, G50, was born in 1991 and she is listed as alive in the 1987 catalog
G50 (Female; 1991)
G97 (Unknown; 2011-2014? (3?))
Death year is unknown, but is based off of the first ID catalog where they were listed as deceased (2014)
G102 (Unknown; 2013-2014 (1))
G110 (Unknown; 2015)
G123 (Unknown; 2022-2024 (2))
Missing and presumed deceased in 2024
G59 (Male; 1995)Â
G65 (Male; 2001-2024 (23))
Missing and presumed deceased in 2024Â
G79 (Female; 2005)Â
G125 (Unknown; 2022-2024 (2))
Missing and presumed deceased in 2024
G25 (Female; 1975-2008 (33)
G40 (Male; 1987- 2014? (27?))
Death year is unknown, but is based off of the first ID catalog where he was listed as deceased (2014)
G57 (Unknown; 1992-2003 (11))
G60 (Male; 1998)
G78 (Female; 2004)
G87 (Unknown; 2008-2008 (<1))
G38 (Male; 1986-2024 (38))
Missing and presumed deceased in 2024
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G17
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G9
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G38
Photo Credit: Northern resident killer whales in British Columbia. Photo-identification catalogue 2007
G25
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
G40
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G57
Photo Credit: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
G60
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G78
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
G23
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G79
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G125
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G65
Photo Credit: Coastal Rainforest Safaris
G59
Photo Credit: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
G50
Photo Credit: Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research
G110
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G123
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G18
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G16 Harlequin
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G11 Dawson
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G39 Shushartie
G18 Matriline
G18 Matriline
Current Matriarch: G31 Sharbau; G52 Tatchu (Matrilines considered seperate despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 15 (8 living- 3 female, 3 male, 2 unknown gender; 7 deceased- 2 female, 1 male, 4 unknown gender)
G18 (Female; ~1952-1988 (~36))
G11 Dawson (Male; ~1965-2002 (~37))
G16 Harlequin (Female; ~1973-1999 (~26))
G39 Shushartie (Male; 1986)
G52 Tatchu (Female; 1993)
G91 (Unknown; 2008-2008 (<1))
G94 (Unknown; 2010-2013 (3))
G31 Sharbau (Female; 1981)
G54 Glide (Female; 1994)
G85 (Unknown; 2008-2012 (4))
G103 Rennison (Unknown; 2012)
G66 Seabreeze (Unknown; 1999-2008 (9))
G84 Radar (Male; 2007)
G96 Duncanby (Male; 2011)
G131 (Unknown; 2024)
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G52 Tatchu
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
G94
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G31 Sharbau
Photo Credit: Northern resident killer whales in British Columbia. Photo-identification catalogue 2007
G66 Seabreeze
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G84 Radar
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G96 Duncanby
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G54 Glide
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
G85
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G103 Rennison
G30 Matriline
G30 Matriline
Current Matriarch: G46 M.B.
Number of Individuals: 8 (3 living- 1 female, 1 male, 1 unknown gender; 6 deceased- 3 female, 2 male, 1 unknown gender)
G30 (Female; ~1932-1987 (~55))
G24 Europa (Female; ~1947-1991 (~44))
G5 (Male; ~1961-1990 (~29))
G29 Hannah (Female; ~1971-2013 (~42))
G45 Whidbey (Male; 1988-2010 (22))
G46 M.B. (Female; 1991)
G72 Petrel (Male; 2005)
G135 (Unknown; 2024)
G90 (Unknown; 2008-2008 (<1))
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G30
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G24 Europa
Photo Credit: Killer Whales: The Natural History and Genealogy of Orcinus Orca in British Columbia and Washington State
G5
Photo Credit: Northern Resident Killer Whales of British Columbia: Photo-identification Catalogue and Population Status to 2010
G29 Hannah
Photo Credit: Northern resident killer whales in British Columbia. Photo-identification catalogue 2007
G45 Whidbey
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue and Status of the Northern Resident Killer Whale Population in 2019
G46 M.B.
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
G72 Petrel
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