Photo Credit: Ken Rea
Current Matriarch: T028 Khaz, T028A Slocum, T028B Lydonia, T146 Oamaru (Matrilines considered separate due to group splitting)
Number of Individuals: 20 (19 living- 8 female, 4 male, 7 unknown gender; 1 deceased- 1 unknown gender)
T028/S10 Khaz (Female; <1972)
T028A Slocum (Female; 1994)
Matriline has split from the rest of the group. Was thought to be a male for many years due to her straight, tall dorsal fin
T028A1 (Male; 2012)
T028A2 (Unknown; 2018)
T028A3 (Unknown; 2021)
T028B Lydonia (Female; 1997)
Matriline has split from the rest of the group.
T028B1 (Unknown; 2015)
T028B2 (Unknown; 2018)
T028B3 (Unknown; 2024)
T028C Lluvia (Female; 2003)
T028D Gwaii (Unknown; 2007)
T028E (Unknown; 2013)
T146 Omaru (Female; ~1987)
Matriline has split from the rest of the group.
T146A Oma (Female; 1999)
Matriline has begun to split from the rest of the group.
T146A1 (Male; 2018)
T146A2 (Male; 2023)
T146B Chiloe (Male; 2002)
Has started to split from the rest of the matriline
T146C Svaha! (Female; 2004)
Matriline has begun to split from the rest of the group.
T146C1 (Unknown; 2019)
T146D Leah (Female; 2008)
Has started to split from the rest of the matriline. Live stranded in Alaska on July 29, 2021, possibly due to the 8.1 magnitude earthquake the night before. She was cared for by volunteers and successfully returned to the sea that day. Wasn't documented again until 8/25/2024 where it was noted she had a healed injury in her lower rostrum tip
T146E Basho (Unknown; 2011-2020 (9))
Had started to split from the rest of the matriline.
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T028/S10 Khaz
Photo Credit: Monika Wieland Shields
T028A1
Photo Credit: Monika Wieland Shields
T028A3
Photo Credit: Monika Wieland Shields
T028A Slocum
Photo Credit: Monika Wieland Shields
T028A2
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T028B Lydonia
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T028B1
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T028B2
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T028C Lluvia
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T028D Gwaii
Photo Credit: Jared Towers
T028E
Photo Credit: Brian Gisborne
T146 Oamaru
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T146A Oma
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T146A1
Photo Credit: Yifan Ling
T146A2
Photo Credit: Courtney Glenn
T146B Chiloe
Photo Credit: Brian Gisborne
T146C Svaha!
Photo Credit: Brian Gisborne
T146C1
Photo Credit: Bay Cetology
T146D Leah
Photo Credit: Photo-identification Catalogue, Population Status, and Distribution of Bigg’s Killer Whales known from Coastal Waters of British Columbia, Canada
T146E Basho