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Large mammals
Orca
Orca · Orcinus orca
Orcas impress with their intelligence and power – discover how they hunt together and roam the oceans as a true family group.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 8 metres long, males weigh over 6 tonnes
- Males and females
- Males are significantly larger with a tall, straight dorsal fin
- Sounds
- A wide variety of clicks and whistles for communication and echolocation
- Diet
- Feeds flexibly on fish, seals, whales and seabirds
- Offspring
- One calf roughly every 3 to 10 years, after a gestation period of around 17 months
How to identify Orca
Orcas are easy to recognise by their striking black-and-white colouring. Their bodies are powerful and streamlined, with a glossy black back and white patches on the lower jaw, above the eyes and along the sides of the belly.
Adult Orcas grow up to eight metres long and can weigh more than six tonnes. Males have a strikingly large, triangular dorsal fin of up to 1.8 metres in height, while females have a clearly smaller, curved dorsal fin.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 11 places where you can see Orca
Where Orca live
Discover Orca on your trip.
The app shows you where and when to see wildlife along your route.
