Northern Resident Killer Whales

Northern Residents are divided into three Clans, A, G, and R Clans. Those Clans are then further split into pods, with matriarchs. The NRKW alphanumerical system is not my favorite to work with, and doesn't have an easy systemic rhyme or reason, like Bigg's orcas. 

Northern Residents are doing well. There are around 300 documented individuals, although they have had some dips in their populace in recent years. However, their supply of salmon is much more steady and abundant than that of the Southern Residents, showing what a Resident population is capable of becoming. NRKWs are gorgeous whales who don't often swim into the Salish Sea, as that's Southern Resident territory, and the two don't like to intrude on each other. The photos on this page are of Transients and Southern Residents, unfortunately! 

I have struggled to find a consistent source of Northern Resident's photos and other updates, so if you know of one, please let me know about it! That would be amazing.

Below are the northern residents pods and clans. I have a full list of every northern resident in the 2019 census, but I thought adding it was excessive. If you want to see it on the site, leave a comment in the message box.