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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chalcomitra hunteri (Shelley, 1889) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rainbow-bearded ThornbillChalcostigma herrani (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceum (Lawrence, 1864) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-capped ThornbillChalcostigma ruficeps (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-mantled ThornbillChalcostigma stanleyi (Bourcier, 1851) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-naped TanagerChalcothraupis ruficervix (Prévost & Des Murs, 1842) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chalinochromis cyanophleps Kullander, Karlsson, Karlsson & Norén, 2014 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chalinochromis popelini Brichard, 1989 | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chocolate Lobe-lipped BatChalinolobus morio (Gray, 1841) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed BatChalinolobus tuberculatus (Forster, 1844) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chalinura murrayi | MacrouridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943 | CreediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaltenobatrachus grandisonae (Lynch, 1975) | BatrachylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze-tailed PlumeleteerChalybura urochrysia (Gould, 1861) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WrentitChamaea fasciata (Gambel, 1845) | ParadoxornithidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-scaled ChameleonChamaeleo anchietae Bocage, 1872 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chamaeleo calcaricarens Böhme, 1985 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Veiled ChameleonChamaeleo calyptratus Duméril & Duméril, 1851 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful ChameleonChamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1844 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smooth chameleonChamaeleo laevigatus Gray, 1863 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socotra ChameleonChamaeleo monachus Gray, 1865 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Namaqua ChameleonChamaeleo namaquensis Smith, 1831 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Christy's Banded SnakeChamaelycus christyi Boulenger, 1919 | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African Banded SnakeChamaelycus fasciatus (Günther, 1858) | LamprophiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black GuanChamaepetes unicolor Salvin, 1867 | CracidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery Grass LizardChamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striated AntthrushChamaeza nobilis Gould, 1855 | FormicariidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| pike icefishChampsocephalus esox (Günther, 1861) | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| mackerel icefishChampsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg, 1905 | ChannichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsochromis spilorhynchus (Regan, 1922) | CichlidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon atridorsalis Ochiai & Nakamura, 1964 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon fimbriatus Gilbert, 1905 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon guentheri Regan, 1908 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon longipinnis Matsubara & Amaoka, 1964 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon omanensis Regan, 1908 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon pantolepis Nemeth, 1994 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon sagittus Nemeth, 1994 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon snyderi Franz, 1910 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Champsodon timaruensis Schwarzhans, 2019 | ChampsodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Chanda alleni (Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chanda robertsi (Datta & Chaudhuri, 1993) | AmbassidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa amphibeus (McClelland, 1845) | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa andrao Britz, 2013 | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| snakeheadChanna argus (Cantor, 1842) | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa aristonei Praveenraj, Thackeray, Singh, Uma, Moulitharan & Mukhim, 2020 | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa aurantimaculata Musikasinthorn, 2000 | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa barca (Hamilton, 1822) | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Channa bipuli Praveenraj, Uma, Moulitharan & Bleher, 2018 | ChannidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.