Aerial surveys - species codes
Created by Sarah Manthorpe
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
RAGU | R |
Razorbill | RA |
Guillemot | GU |
Black guillemot | BG |
Atlantic Puffin | AP |
Auk spp. | AS |
Manx shearwater | MX |
Cory's shearwater | CSH |
Great shearwater | GSH |
Sooty shearwater | SSH |
Shearwater spp | SH |
Northern fulmar | F |
Northern Gannet | GX |
Black-backed gull spp | BBG |
Kittiwake | K |
Herring/common gull | HCG |
Skua spp | SKS |
Petrel spp | PTS |
Tern spp | TS |
Shag/Cormorant | SACS |
Small gull sp | SG |
Large gull spp | LG |
Common scoter | CX |
Velvet scoter | VS |
Shelduck | SU |
Eider duck | E |
Brent goose | BG |
Swan spp. | SWS |
Goose spp. | GOA |
Seaduck spp. | SDS |
Red-throated Diver | RH |
Great Northern Diver | ND |
Merganser | RM |
White-tailed eagle | WE |
Wader spp. | WDS |
Pinniped spp. | P. |
Basking shark | BAS |
Blue shark | BS |
Shark spp. | SK |
Leatherback turtle | LBT |
Turtle spp. | TT. |
Jellyfish spp | J. |
Sunfish | MM |
Tuna | TU |
Fish | F. |
Harbour porpoise | HP |
Common dolphin | CD |
Striped dolphin | SD |
White-sided dolphin | WSD |
Bottlenose dolphin | BND |
White-beaked dolphin | WBD |
Common or striped | CDSD |
Risso's dolphin | RD |
Unidentified dolphin | UDS |
Long-finned pilot whale | PW |
Killer whale | KW |
Minke whale | MW |
Fin whale | FW |
Fin/Sei whale | FWSW |
Humpback whale | HBW |
Sei whale | SW |
Blue whale | BW |
Sperm whale | SP |
N. bottlenose whale | NBW |
Sowerby's beaked whale | SBW |
Gervais' beaked whale | GBW |
True's beaked whale | TBW |
Cuvier's beaked whale | CBW |
Beaked whale spp. | UBW |
Beluga/White whale | BB |
Northern right whale | NRW |
Pygmy sperm whale | PSW |
False killer whale | FKW |
Small whale | SMW |
Medium whale | MDW |
Large whale | LW |