Diet Overlap

Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)
Puffinus opisthomelas (Black-vented Shearwater)

Common Diet

Engraulis mordax (Californian anchoveta)
Sardinops sagax (Australian pilchard)

Common Habitat

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Channel Islands National Park
Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaino

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Habitat Partitioning by Three Species of Dolphins in Santa Monica Bay, California, Maddalena Bearzi, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, 07-08-2003
♦ 2Keitt, B.S., Tershy, B.R. & Croll, D.A. 2000. Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas) In: Poole, A. & Gill, F. (Eds). The birds of North America. No. 521. Philadelphia & Washington, DC: Academy of Natural Sciences & the American Ornithologists’ Union.
♦ 3PREY OCCURRENCE IN THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF FOUR SMALL CETACEAN SPECIES IN PERU, IGNACIO GARCÍA-GODOS, KOEN VAN WAEREBEEK, JULIO C. REYES, JOANNA ALFARO-SHIGUETO AND MILENA ARIAS-SCHREIBER, LAJAM 6(2): 171-183, December 2007