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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Forest SnakeCalamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1936) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamodontophis ronaldoi Franco, de Carvalho-Cintra & de Lema, 2006 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barred Wren-WarblerCalamonastes fasciolatus (A. Smith, 1847) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex (Cabanis, 1878) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calamonastes undosus (Reichenow, 1882) | CisticolidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Papyrus Yellow WarblerCalamonastides gracilirostris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) | AcrocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yapen Island Stout-tailed SnakeCalamophis jobiensis Meyer, 1874 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kebar Stout-tailed SnakeCalamophis ruuddelangi Murphy, 2012 | HomalopsidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longarm brotulaCalamopteryx goslinei Böhlke & Cohen, 1966 | BythitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sulawesi Iridescent SnakeCalamorhabdium acuticeps Ahl, 1933 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamus cervigoni Randall & Caldwell, 1966 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamus mu Randall & Caldwell, 1966 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| knobbed porgyCalamus nodosus Randall & Caldwell, 1966 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sheepshead porgyCalamus penna (Valenciennes, 1830) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| littlehead porgyCalamus proridens Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamus taurinus (Jenyns, 1840) | SparidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla (Leisler, 1814) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian Short-toed LarkCalandrella dukhunensis (Sykes, 1832) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-capped LarkCalandrella eremica (Reichenow & N. Peters, 1932) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calassomys apicalis Pardiñas, Lessa, Teta, Salazar-Bravo & Câmara, 2014 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CalcariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus auratus Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay, 1869) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus constellatus Sadlier, Whitaker, Wood & Bauer, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus festivus (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus haplorhinus (Günther, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus notialis Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Wood, 2013 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus pelletieri Sadlier, Whitaker, Wood & Bauer, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus terma Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides (A. Smith, 1836) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens (Lafresnaye, 1839) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red LarkCalendulauda burra (Bangs, 1930) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna (Reichenow, 1879) | AlaudidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus (Wagler, 1827) | ArdeidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | VangidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SanderlingCalidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western SandpiperCalidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little StintCalidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock SandpiperCalidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) | ScolopacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) | ScolopacidaeChordata | 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.