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 |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Imperial EagleAquila heliaca Savigny, 1809 | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny EagleAquila rapax (Temminck, 1828) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster (Bonaparte, 1850) | AccipitridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquiloeurycea cafetalera (Parra-Olea, Rovito, Márquez-Valdelmar, Cruz, Murrieta-Galindo & Wake, 2010) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquiloeurycea quetzalanensis (Parra-Olea, Canseco-Márquez & García-París, 2004) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquiloeurycea scandens (Walker, 1955) | PlethodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus G. R. Gray, 1859 | PsittacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-fronted MacawAra rubrogenys Lafresnaye, 1847 | PsittacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PsittacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arabibarbus arabicus (Trewavas, 1941) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabibarbus grypus (Heckel, 1843) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Streaky-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera affinis (Horsfield, 1821) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenys (Temminck, 1826) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostris (Reichenbach, 1853) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutior Sharpe, 1876 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammifera Tweeddale, 1878 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spectacled SpiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster (Eyton, 1839) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Whitehead's SpiderhunterArachnothera juliae Sharpe, 1887 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arachnothera modesta (Eyton, 1839) | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robusta S. Muller & Schlegel, 1845 | NectariniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-cowled Wood RailAramides cajaneus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-winged Wood RailAramides calopterus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1878 | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slaty-breasted Wood RailAramides saracura (Spix, 1825) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Wood RailAramides ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snoring RailAramidopsis plateni (W. Blasius, 1886) | RallidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| LimpkinAramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766) | AramidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Araneum sigma Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973 | CionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arapaima leptosoma Stewart, 2013 | ArapaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arapaima mapae (Valenciennes, 1847) | ArapaimidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jandaya ParakeetAratinga jandaya (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | PsittacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nanday ParakeetAratinga nenday (Vieillot, 1823) | PsittacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sonoma Tree VoleArborimus pomo Johnson & George, 1991 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-backed Hill PartridgeArborophila brunneopectus (Blyth, 1855) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-headed Hill PartridgeArborophila cambodiana Delacour & Jabouille, 1928 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Campbell's Hill PartridgeArborophila campbelli (Robinson, 1904) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean PartridgeArborophila hyperythra (Sharpe, 1879) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied Hill PartridgeArborophila javanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-breasted Hill PartridgeArborophila mandellii Hume, 1874 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumartran Hill PartridgeArborophila sumatrana Ogilvie-Grant, 1891 | PhasianidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Problem Ground SnakeArcanumophis problematicus (Myers, 1986) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archamia bleekeri (Günther, 1859) | ApogonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archbold's BowerbirdArchboldia papuensis Rand, 1940 | PtilonorhynchidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Isarog Shrew MouseArchboldomys luzonensis Musser, 1982 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bella Rat SnakeArchelaphe bella (Stanley, 1917) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archiaphyosemion guineense (Daget, 1954) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Archolaemus ferreirai Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 | SternopygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archolaemus luciae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 | SternopygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archolaemus orientalis Stewart, Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012 | SternopygidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Archoplites interruptus (Girard, 1854) | CentrarchidaeChordata | 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.