THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Three-toed SwiftletAerodramus papuensis (Rand, 1941) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensis (Mayr, 1935) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mossy-nest SwiftletAerodramus salangana (Streubel, 1848) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atiu SwiftletAerodramus sawtelli (Holyoak, 1974) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi SwiftletAerodramus sororum (Stresemann, 1931) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1849) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Australian SwiftletAerodramus terraereginae (E. P. Ramsay, 1875) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian SwiftletAerodramus unicolor (Jerdon, 1840) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whitehead's SwiftletAerodramus whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1895) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black Flying SquirrelAeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's Flying SquirrelAeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean SwiftAeronautes andecolus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis (Woodhouse, 1853) | ApodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-flanked SparrowhawkAerospiza castanilius (Bonaparte, 1853) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African GoshawkAerospiza tachiro (Daudin, 1800) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| unicorn soleAesopia cornuta Kaup, 1858 | SoleidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aetapcus maculatus (Günther, 1861) | PataecidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redmouth grouperAethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) | EpinephelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bornean Pygmy Fruit BatAethalops aequalis G. M. Allen, 1938 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Pygmy Fruit BatAethalops alecto (Thomas, 1923) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aetheliparis taurocanis Stein, 2012 | LiparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Crested AukletAethia cristatella (Pallas, 1769) | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Parakeet AukletAethia psittacula (Pallas, 1769) | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least AukletAethia pusilla (Pallas, 1811) | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whiskered AukletAethia pygmaea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | AlcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bicolored ScrubwrenAethomyias nigrorufus (Salvadori, 1895) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensis (De Vis, 1894) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatus (Salvadori, 1896) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescens (Salvadori, 1876) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spilodera (G. R. Gray, 1859) | AcanthizidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bocage's AethomysAethomys bocagei (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red Veld AethomysAethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hinde's AethomysAethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tete Veld AethomysAethomys ineptus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaiser's AethomysAethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nyika AethomysAethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seilinda AethomysAethomys silindensis Roberts, 1938 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African AethomysAethomys stannarius (Thomas, 1913) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's AethomysAethomys thomasi (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga bella Tweeddale, 1877 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoni Mearns, 1905 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae Swinhoe, 1869 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga decorosa (McGregor, 1907) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Elegant SunbirdAethopyga duyvenbodei (Schlegel, 1871) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-flanked SunbirdAethopyga eximia (Horsfield, 1821) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagrans Oustalet, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mrs. Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae (Vigors, 1831) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aethopyga guimarasensis (Steere, 1890) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.