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 |
|---|---|---|
| Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velasquez's WoodpeckerMelanerpes santacruzi (Bonaparte, 1838) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispaniolan WoodpeckerMelanerpes striatus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West Indian WoodpeckerMelanerpes superciliaris (Temminck, 1827) | PicidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey TitMelaniparus afer (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy TitMelaniparus cinerascens (Vieillot, 1818) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky TitMelaniparus funereus J. Verreaux & É. Verreaux, 1855 | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Miombo TitMelaniparus griseiventris (Reichenow, 1882) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis (Shelley, 1900) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged Black TitMelaniparus leucomelas (Rüppell, 1840) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger (Vieillot, 1818) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American ScoterMelanitta americana (Swainson, 1832) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi (Bonaparte, 1850) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black ScoterMelanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri (Ridgway, 1887) | AnatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanobatrachus indicus Beddome, 1878 | MicrohylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanocetus eustalus Pietsch & Van Duzer, 1980 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Humpback anglerfishMelanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Murray's abyssal anglerfishMelanocetus murrayi Günther, 1887 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocetus niger Regan, 1925 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocetus polyactis Regan, 1925 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov, 1981 | MelanocetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium auroradiatum Costa & Vicente, 1994 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium blennioides (Eigenmann, 1909) | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium compressum Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium depressum Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium dispilomma Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium melanopteron Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium nigrum Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium pectorale Buckup, 1993 | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanocharacidium rex (Böhlke, 1958) | CrenuchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Obscure BerrypeckerMelanocharis arfakiana (Finsch, 1900) | MelanocharitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mid-mountain BerrypeckerMelanocharis longicauda Salvadori, 1876 | MelanocharitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black BerrypeckerMelanocharis nigra (R. P. Lesson, 1830) | MelanocharitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentris Salvadori, 1895 | MelanocharitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fan-tailed BerrypeckerMelanocharis versteri (Finsch, 1876) | MelanocharitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tricarinate Hill TurtleMelanochelys tricarinata (Blyth, 1856) | GeoemydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bengal Black TurtleMelanochelys trijuga (Schweigger, 1812) | GeoemydidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sultan TitMelanochlora sultanea (Hodgson, 1837) | ParidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis baliodigma Bowers & Stauffer, 1997 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis kaskazini Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis mossambiquensis Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis robustus Johnson, 1985 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis vermivorus Trewavas, 1935 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanochromis wochepa Konings-Dudin, Konings & Stauffer, 2009 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bare-headed LaughingthrushMelanocichla calva (Sharpe, 1888) | TimaliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black LaughingthrushMelanocichla lugubris (S. Müller, 1836) | TimaliidaeChordata | 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.