<p>Without being able to see detailes of the clicks and alternative processing, I guess it is safe to say, that we can exclude sperm whales (too high in frequency, too fast click repetition) and beaked whales (too fast click repetition). There is a interference pattern indicating clicks are generated close to surface suggesting some dolphin species. The clicks are most likely echolocation clicks as they show the typival amplitude variation of a scanning biosonar. Not sure if we can say more about the species from the spectrogram alone.</p>

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<p>I'm trying to undestand at which species could belong these clicks. I attach the Raven Pro view.<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8MJdh5zT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8MJdh5zT.png" alt="Raven pro view" /></a>
Could someone have an idea?</p>

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Cetacean clicks: species recognition
# Cetacean clicks: species recognition

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-05)

I'm trying to undestand at which species could belong these clicks. I attach the Raven Pro view.[![Raven pro view](https://i.sstatic.net/8MJdh5zT.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8MJdh5zT.png)
Could someone have an idea?

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> **username_1**: Hello! Welcome to Bioacoustics Stack Exchange! Please modify your Title and your question to add information so that our community can help you. Please give information regarding: Location where recording was made, time of year, any relevant information re: recording (towed array, etc). Please provide a link to the sound (perhaps saved on soundcloud) and other visualizations (spectrum, waveform, etc). Search other examples here using the [identification] or [species-identification] tags for help. Thank you and Good Luck!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-06-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Without being able to see detailes of the clicks and alternative processing, I guess it is safe to say, that we can exclude sperm whales (too high in frequency, too fast click repetition) and beaked whales (too fast click repetition). There is a interference pattern indicating clicks are generated close to surface suggesting some dolphin species. The clicks are most likely echolocation clicks as they show the typival amplitude variation of a scanning biosonar. Not sure if we can say more about the species from the spectrogram alone.


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