marine mammal · species atlas
Cephalorhynchus eutropia
Chilean dolphin · Delfín chileno
A small dolphin that stays within a few hundred metres of the shore and near river mouths. The Puyuhuapi Channel holds a small resident population, estimated at fewer than one hundred animals: 42 adults in the upper channel and 55 between Puerto Cisnes and Magdalena Island. It is seen regularly in summer.
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Cephalorhynchus australis
Peale's dolphin · Delfín austral
Found along the whole Puyuhuapi Channel, most often in its upper part, in Queulat Inlet and north of Puerto Cisnes. Nobody has counted the population yet. Formerly listed…
Orcinus orca
Killer whale · Orca
Recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area.
Otaria byronia
South American sea lion · Lobo marino común
Recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area. Also listed in the literature as Otaria flavescens.