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title: "Delfin zwyczajny"
description: "Delphinus delphis — Ssaki. The common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with an estimated global population of about six million."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-dolphin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Delfin zwyczajny

> Delphinus delphis — Ssaki. The common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with an estimated global population of about six million.

- Scientific name: *Delphinus delphis*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 12408
- Wikidata: [Q207114](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207114)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41526](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41526)

## Names

- en: Common Dolphin
- de: Gemeiner Delfin
- es: Delfín común
- fr: Dauphin Commun
- it: Delfino comune
- nl: Gewone dolfijn
- pt: Golfinho-comum-de-bico-curto
- pl: Delfin zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

US (2100), PT (918), GB (528), MX (397), AU (339), NZ (314), ES (230), IE (156), FR (137), ZA (130), GR (80), RU (62)

## Summary

The common dolphin is the most abundant cetacean in the world, with an estimated global population of about six million. It is currently the only member of the genus Delphinus, the type genus of the subfamily Delphininae. This places it as a close relative of the bottlenose dolphin, humpback dolphin, striped dolphin, spinner dolphin, Clymene dolphin, spotted dolphin, Fraser's dolphin, the tucuxi, and the Guiana dolphin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_dolphin

## Photo

![Delfin zwyczajny](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-dolphin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239292194

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-dolphin?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).