SPECIES PROFILELeast Concern
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Biological Description
Widely distributed coastal and pelagic odontocete whose individually distinctive signature whistle repertoire has been extensively documented across decades of bioacoustic research.
Acoustic Repertoire & Profile
Individually distinctive signature whistles (typically 4–24 kHz), broadband echolocation click trains (peaking up to 110–130 kHz), and burst-pulsed sounds.