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 |
|---|---|---|
| Melamphaes eulepis Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes falsidicus Kotlyar, 2011 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes hubbsi Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes inconspicuus Kotlyar, 2015 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes indicus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes janae Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes laeviceps Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes leeae Schwarzhans, 2019 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Melamphaes lentiginosus Kotlyar, 2015 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes leprus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes longivelis Parr, 1933 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highsnout bigscaleMelamphaes lugubris Gilbert, 1890 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes macrocephalus Parr, 1931 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes manifestus Kotlyar, 2011 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes microps (Günther, 1878) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes nikolayi Kotlyar, 2012 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes ovalis Schwarzhans, 1980 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Melamphaes pachystomus Kotlyar, 2011 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes parini Kotlyar, 1999 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes parvus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes polylepis Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes pumilus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes shcherbachevi Kotlyar, 2015 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes simus Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes spinifer Ebeling, 1962 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes suborbitalis (Gill, 1883) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes succedaneus Kotlyar, 2015 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes typhlops (Lowe, 1843) | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes uniformis Kotlyar, 2013 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melamphaes xestoachidus Kotlyar, 2011 | MelamphaidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser MelampittaMelampitta lugubris Schlegel, 1871 | MelampittidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Poo-uliMelamprosops phaeosoma Casey & J. D. Jacobi, 1974 | FringillidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum (d'Orbigny, 1840) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus (Otto, 1796) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchen Salvin, 1870 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysogenys (Vigors, 1839) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatus (Boddaert, 1783) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes flavifrons (Vieillot, 1818) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guadeloupe WoodpeckerMelanerpes herminieri (R. Lesson, 1830) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii (Cabanis, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-breasted WoodpeckerMelanerpes hypopolius (Wagler, 1829) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lewis' WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Puerto Rican WoodpeckerMelanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani (Malherbe, 1849) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcher P. L. Sclater, 1870 | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yucatan WoodpeckerMelanerpes pygmaeus (Ridgway, 1885) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jamaican WoodpeckerMelanerpes radiolatus (Wagler, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | 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.