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Publication: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987 Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada Resource Publication, no. 166 79

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 Kingdom Animalia
  Accipiter Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Bird Hawks
  Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) -- valid -- Gavilán de Cooper, Cooper's Hawk, epervier de Cooper, Épervier de Cooper
  Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gavilán azor, Northern Goshawk, Autour des palombes
  Accipiter gularis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) -- valid -- Asiatic Sparrowhawk, Japanese Sparrowhawk
  Accipiter striatus Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Gavilán pecho rufo, Sharp-shinned Hawk, epervier brun, Épervier brun
  Accipitridae Vigors, 1824 -- valid -- Eagles, Hawks, Kites, aigles, buses, éperviers
  Acridotheres Vieillot, 1816 -- valid
  Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Crested Myna
  Acrocephalus J. A. Naumann & J. F. Naumann, 1811 -- valid -- Reed-Warblers
  Acrocephalus familiaris (Rothschild, 1892) -- valid -- Millerbird
  Acrocephalus luscinia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) -- invalid -- Nightingale Reed-Warbler
  Actitis Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- Spotted Sandpipers
  Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Sandpiper, Chevalier guignette, Andarríos chico, maçarico-das-rochas, maçarico-ribeirinho
  Actitis macularia (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Playero alzacolita, Spotted Sandpiper, chevalier grivelé
  Aegithalidae -- valid -- Bushtits
  Aegolius Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Saw-whet Owls
  Aegolius acadicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Tecolote afilador, Northern Saw-whet Owl, petite nyctale
  Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Boreal Owl, nyctale de Tengmalm
  Aerodramus Oberholser, 1906 -- valid -- Edible-nest Swiftlets
  Aerodramus spodiopygius (Peale, 1849) -- valid -- White-rumped Swiftlet
  Aerodramus vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) -- valid -- Gray Swiftlet, Uniform Swiftlet
  Aeronautes Hartert, 1892 -- valid -- White-throated Swifts
  Aeronautes saxatalis (Woodhouse, 1853) -- valid -- White-throated Swift, Vencejo pecho blanco
  Aethia Merrem, 1788 -- valid -- Least Auklets
  Aethia cristatella (Pallas, 1769) -- valid -- Crested Auklet, Alcuela crestada, Starique cristatelle, Mérgulo empenachado, torda-de-penacho
  Aethia pusilla (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Least Auklet, Starique minuscule, Mérgulo mínimo, mérgulo-anão
  Aethia pygmaea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Whiskered Auklet, Starique pygmée, Mérgulo bigotudo, mérgulo-de-bigode
  Agelaius Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Red-winged Blackbirds
  Agelaius humeralis (Vigors, 1827) -- valid -- Tawny-shouldered Blackbird
  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Red-winged Blackbird, carouge à épaulettes, Tordo sargento
  Agelaius tricolor (Audubon, 1837) -- valid -- Tricolored Blackbird, Tordo tricolor
  Agelaius xanthomus (P. L. Sclater, 1862) -- valid -- Yellow-shouldered Blackbird
  Agkistrodon Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 -- valid -- Copperheads, Cottonmouths, American Moccasins
  Agkistrodon contortrix (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Copperhead, Cantil cobrizo, Eastern Copperhead
  Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789) -- valid -- Cottonmouth, Northern Cottonmouth
  Aimophila Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- Aimophila Sparrows
  Aimophila aestivalis (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) -- invalid -- Bachman's Sparrow
  Aimophila botterii (P. L. Sclater, 1858) -- invalid -- Botteri's Sparrow, Zacatonero de Botteri
  Aimophila carpalis (Coues, 1873) -- invalid -- Rufous-winged Sparrow, Zacatonero ala rufa
  Aimophila cassinii (Woodhouse, 1852) -- invalid -- Cassin's Sparrow, Zacatonero de Cassin
  Aimophila ruficeps (Cassin, 1852) -- valid -- Tohi à calotte fauve, Chingolo coronirrufo, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Zacatonero corona rufa
  Aix F. Boie, 1828 -- valid -- Wood Ducks
  Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pato arcoiris, Wood Duck, Canard branchu, Pato joyuyo, pato-carolino
  Ajaia Reichenbach, 1853 -- invalid -- American Spoonbills
  Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Roseate Spoonbill, Espátula rosada
  Alauda Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Skylarks
  Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Skylark, Sky Lark
  Alaudidae Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Larks
  Alca Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Razorbills
  Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Razorbill, Petit Pingouin, Alca común, torda-mergulheira
  Alcedinidae -- valid -- Kingfishers
  Alces Gray, 1821 -- valid -- moose, Old World elk
  Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- moose, orignal, Eurasian Elk
  Alectoris Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Chukars
  Alectoris chukar (J. E. Gray, 1830) -- valid -- Perdrix choukar, Perdiz chúcar, perdiz-chucar, Chukar, Perdiz chukar, Chukar Partridge
  Alle Link, 1806 -- valid -- Dovekies
  Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Dovekie, Little Auk, Mergule nain, Mérgulo atlántico, torda-miúda
  Alligator Cuvier, 1807 -- valid -- Alligators
  Alligatoridae -- valid -- Caimans, Alligators
  Alopex Kaup, 1829 -- invalid -- Arctic foxes
  Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Arctic Fox, renard arctique
  Alsophis Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- West Indian Racers
  Alsophis portoricensis Reinhardt and Lütken, 1862 -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Racer
  Alsophis sancticrucis Cope, 1862 -- invalid -- St. Croix Racer
  Amandava Blyth, 1836 -- valid -- Avadavats
  Amandava amandava (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red Avadavat
  Amazilia R. Lesson, 1843 -- valid -- Amazilias
  Amazilia beryllina (Deppe, 1830) -- invalid -- Berylline Hummingbird, Colibrí berilo
  Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) -- valid -- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Colibrí cola rojiza
  Amazilia violiceps (Gould, 1859) -- invalid -- Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Colibrí corona violeta
  Amazilia yucatanensis (S. Cabot, 1845) -- valid -- Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Colibrí yucateco
  Amazona R. Lesson, 1830 -- valid -- Amazon Parrots
  Amazona ventralis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) -- valid -- Hispaniolan Amazon, Hispaniolan Parrot, Amazone d'Hispaniola, Amazona de La Española, papagaio-de-hispaniola
  Amazona viridigenalis (Cassin, 1853) -- valid -- Red-crowned Amazon, Red-crowned Parrot, Loro tamaulipeco, Amazone à joues vertes, Amazona tamaulipeca, papagaio-de-coroa-vermelha, papagaio-de-face-verde
  Amazona vittata (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Puerto Rican Amazon, Puerto Rican Parrot, Amazone de Porto Rico, Amazona puertorriqueña, papagaio-de-porto-rico?
  Ambystoma californiense Gray, 1853 -- valid -- California Tiger Salamander
  Ambystoma cingulatum Cope, 1868 -- valid -- Flatwoods Salamander, Frosted Flatwoods Salamander
  Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) -- valid -- Jefferson Salamander
  Ambystoma nothagenes Kraus, 1985 -- invalid -- Kelley's Island Salamander
  Ambystoma platineum Cope, 1868 -- invalid -- Silvery Salamander
  Ambystoma tremblayi Comeau, 1943 -- invalid -- Tremblay's Salamander
  Ameiva Meyer, 1795 -- valid -- Ground Lizards, Ameivas
  Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Neotropical Ameiva, Amazon Racerunner, Giant Ameiva, South American Ground Lizard, Zandolie
  Ameiva exsul Cope, 1862 -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Ground Lizard
  Ameiva polops Cope, 1862 -- invalid -- St. Croix Ground Lizard
  Ammodramus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Grassland Sparrows
  Ammodramus caudacutus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- invalid -- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Gorrión cola aguda, Saltmarsh Sparrow
  Ammodramus leconteii (Audubon, 1844) -- invalid -- Bruant de LeConte, Gorrión de Le Conte, Le Conte's Sparrow
  Ammodramus maritimus (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Seaside Sparrow, Gorrión costero
  Ammodramus savannarum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Chingolo saltamontes, escrevedeira-dos-gafanhotos, Grasshopper Sparrow, bruant sauterelle, Gorrión chapulín
  Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892 -- valid -- Antelope Squirrels
  Ammospermophilus harrisii (Audubon and Bachman, 1854) -- valid -- Harris' antelope squirrel, Ardilla-antilope de Sonora, Harris's Antelope Squirrel
  Ammospermophilus interpres (Merriam, 1890) -- valid -- Ardilla-antilope texana, Texas Antelope Squirrel
  Ammospermophilus leucurus (Merriam, 1889) -- valid -- Ardilla-antílope cola blanca, White-tailed Antelope Squirrel
  Ammospermophilus nelsoni (Merriam, 1893) -- valid -- San Joaquin antelope ground squirrel, San Joaquin antelope squirrel, Nelson's Antelope Squirrel, Nelson's antelope ground squirrel
  Ammotragus Blyth, 1840 -- valid -- Barbary sheep
  Ammotragus lervia (Pallas, 1777) -- valid -- aoudad, Barbary sheep, Barbary Sheep
  Amphisbaena bakeri Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Many-ringed Worm Lizard, Baker's Worm Lizard
  Amphisbaena caeca Cuvier, 1829 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Worm Lizard, Common Puerto Rican Worm Lizard, Blind Worm Lizard
  Amphisbaena fenestrata (Cope, 1861) -- valid -- Virgin Islands Worm Lizard, Cope's Worm Lizard
  Amphisbaena schmidti Gans, 1964 -- valid -- Schmidt's Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Dusky Worm Lizard
  Amphisbaena xera Thomas, 1966 -- valid -- North American Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Dryland Worm Lizard, Puerto Rican Xeric Worm Lizard, Dry Worm Lizard
  Amphisbaenia -- valid -- Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenians
  Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865 -- valid -- Tropical Worm Lizards, Amphisbaenids
  Amphispiza Coues, 1874 -- valid -- Desert Sparrows
  Amphispiza belli (Cassin, 1850) -- invalid -- Sage Sparrow, Zacatonero de artemisa
  Amphispiza bilineata (Cassin, 1850) -- valid -- Bruant à gorge noire, Chingolo gorjinegro, escrevedeira-de-garganta-preta, Zacatonero garganta negra, Black-throated Sparrow
  Amphispiza quinquestriata (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868) -- invalid -- Bruant pentaligne, Chingolo cincorrayas, Five-striped Sparrow, Zacatonero cinco rayas
  Anas Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Dabbling Ducks
  Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Pato golondrino, Northern Pintail, Canard pilet, Ánade rabudo norteño, arrabio
  Anas americana J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- invalid -- Pato chalcuán, American Wigeon, canard d'Amérique
  Anas bahamensis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- White-cheeked Pintail, Canard des Bahamas, Ánade gargantillo, marreca-toicinho
  Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Pato cucharón-norteño, Northern Shoveler, canard souchet
  Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Teal, Cerceta ala verde, Green-winged Teal, Sarcelle d'hiver, Cerceta común, marrequinha, Common Teal
  Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816 -- invalid -- Cerceta canela, Cinnamon Teal, sarcelle cannelle
  Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Cerceta ala azul, Blue-winged Teal, sarcelle à ailes bleues
  Anas falcata Georgi, 1775 -- invalid -- Falcated Duck, Falcated Teal
  Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 -- invalid -- Baikal Teal
  Anas fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 -- valid -- Mottled Duck, Pato tejano, Canard brun, Ánade moteado, pato-da-flórida
  Anas laysanensis Rothschild, 1892 -- valid -- Laysan Duck, Canard de Laysan, Ánade de Laysán, pato-de-laysan
  Anas oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 -- invalid -- Marianas Mallard, Mariana Mallard
  Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Pato silbón, Eurasian Wigeon, canard siffleur
  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Pato de collar, Mallard, Canard colvert, Ánade azulón, pato-real
  Anas poecilorhyncha J. R. Forster, 1781 -- valid -- Indian Spot-billed Duck, Spot-billed Duck, Canard à bec tacheté, Ánade picopinto indio, pato-de-bico-pintado
  Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Cerceta ceja blanca, Garganey, sarcelle d'été
  Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902 -- valid -- American Black Duck, Canard noir, Ánade sombrío, pato-escuro-americano
  Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Pato friso, Gadwall, canard chipeau
  Anas superciliosa J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Pacific Black Duck, Gray Duck, Canard à sourcils, Ánade cejudo, pato-de-sobrancelhas
  Anas wyvilliana P. L. Sclater, 1878 -- valid -- Koloa piwai, Koloa-maoli, Koloa maoli, Hawaiian Duck, Koloa, Canard des Hawaï, Ánade hawaiano, pato-havaiano
  Anatidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Ducks, Geese, Swans, canards, cygnes, oies
  Anguidae -- valid -- Alligator Lizards, Anguid Lizards, Anguids, Galliwasps, Glass Lizards
  Anhinga Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Anhingas
  Anhinga anhinga (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Anhinga, Anhinga americana, Anhinga d'Amérique
  Anhingidae Reichenbach, 1849 -- valid -- Darters, Anhingas
  Anniella Gray, 1852 -- valid -- Legless Lizards, North American Legless Lizards, American legless lizards, California legless lizards
  Anniella nigra Fischer, 1885 -- invalid
  Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 -- valid -- Lagartija sin patas californiana, California Legless Lizard, Silvery Legless Lizard, Northern Legless Lizard
  Anolis Daudin, 1802 -- valid -- Anoles, Western Antillean Anoles
  Anolis acutus Hallowell, 1857 -- valid -- St. Croix Anole, Sharp Anole, Saint Croix's Anole
  Anolis carolinensis Voigt in Cuvier and Voigt, 1832 -- valid -- Green Anole, Anolis verde, anole vert
  Anolis cooki Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Cook's Anole, Cook's Pallid Anole
  Anolis cristatellus A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1837 -- valid -- Crested Anole, Puerto Rican Crested Anole, Common Puerto Rican Anole
  Anolis cuvieri Merrem, 1820 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Giant Anole, Cuvier's Anole, Green Giant Anole
  Anolis cybotes Cope, 1862 -- valid -- Large-headed Anole, Hispaniolan Stout Anole, Largehead Anole
  Anolis distichus Cope, 1861 -- valid -- Bark Anole, Hispaniolan Gracile Anole
  Anolis equestris Merrem, 1820 -- valid -- Knight Anole
  Anolis evermanni Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Emerald Anole, Small Green Anole, Evermann's Anole
  Anolis garmani Stejneger, 1899 -- valid -- Jamaican Giant Anole, Jamaican Anole
  Anolis gundlachi W. C. H. Peters, 1876 -- valid -- Yellow-chinned Anole, Gundlach's Anole, Yellow-bearded Anole
  Anolis krugi W. C. H. Peters, 1876 -- valid -- Upland Grass Anole, Olive Bush Anole, Krug's Anole, Orange Dewlap Anole
  Anolis longiceps K. P. Schmidt, 1919 -- valid -- Navassa Anole
  Anolis monensis Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Mona Anole
  Anolis occultus Williams and Rivero, 1965 -- valid -- Pygmy Anole, Puerto Rican Twig Anole, Limestone Anole, Dwarf Anole
  Anolis poncensis Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Dryland Grass Anole, Ponce Small-fanned Anole, Ponce Anole
  Anolis porcatus Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Cuban Green Anole
  Anolis pulchellus A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1837 -- valid -- Common Grass Anole, Puerto Rican Anole, Puerto Rican Bush Anole, Snake Anole
  Anolis sagrei Cocteau in A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1837 -- valid -- Brown Anole, Anolis café, Cuban Brown Anole
  Anolis stratulus Cope, 1861 -- valid -- Barred Anole, Spotted Anole, St. Thomas Anole, Banded Anole
  Anous Stephens, 1826 -- valid -- Noddys
  Anous minutus F. Boie, 1844 -- valid -- Black Noddy, Charrán-bobo negro, Noddi noir, Tiñosa menuda, trinta-réis-preto, tinhosa-de-barrete
  Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Brown Noddy, Charrán-bobo café, Noddi brun, Tiñosa boba, trinta-réis-escuro, tinhosa
  Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) -- valid -- Lesser Noddy, Sooty Noddy, Noddi marianne, Tiñosa picofina, tinhosa-pequena
  Anser Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Bean Geese
  Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) -- valid -- Ganso careto-mayor, Greater White-fronted Goose, Oie rieuse, Ánsar careto, ganso-de-testa-branca
  Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834 -- valid -- Pink-footed Goose, Oie à bec court, Ánsar piquicorto, ganso-de-bico-curto
  Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Lesser White-fronted Goose, Oie naine, Ánsar chico, ganso-pequeno
  Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) -- valid -- Bean Goose, Taiga Bean Goose, Oie des moissons, Ánsar campestre, ganso-campestre, Taiga Bean-Goose
  Anseriformes -- valid -- Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl, canards, cygnes, oies, sauvagine
  Anthracothorax F. Boie, 1831 -- valid -- Mangos
  Anthracothorax dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Antillean Mango
  Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) -- valid -- Green Mango
  Anthus Bechstein, 1805 -- valid -- Pipits
  Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Red-throated Pipit, Bisbita garganta roja
  Anthus gustavi Swinhoe, 1863 -- valid -- Pechora Pipit
  Anthus hodgsoni Richmond, 1907 -- valid -- Olive Tree-Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit
  Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Water Pipit
  Anthus spragueii (Audubon, 1844) -- valid -- Sprague's Pipit, Bisbita llanera
  Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Brown Tree-Pipit, Tree Pipit
  Antilocapra Ord, 1818 -- valid
  Antilocapra americana (Ord, 1815) -- valid -- pronghorn, Berrendo, Pronghorn
  Antilocapra americana americana (Ord, 1815) -- valid
  Antrozous H. Allen, 1862 -- valid -- pallid bats
  Antrozous pallidus (LeConte, 1856) -- valid -- Murciélago-desértico norteño, Pallid Bat
  Anura -- valid -- Frogs, perereca, rã, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
  Apalone ferox (Schneider, 1783) -- valid -- Florida Softshell Turtle, Florida Softshell
  Apalone mutica (Le Sueur, 1827) -- valid -- Smooth Softshell, Smooth Softshell Turtle
  Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 -- valid -- Scrub Jays
  Aphelocoma coerulescens (Bosc, 1795) -- valid -- Scrub Jay, Chara pecho rayado, Florida Scrub Jay, Florida Scrub-Jay
  Aphelocoma ultramarina (Bonaparte, 1825) -- valid -- Gray-breasted Jay, Chara pecho gris, Mexican Jay
  Aphriza Audubon, 1839 -- invalid -- Surfbirds
  Aphriza virgata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Surfbird, Playero roquero, Bécasseau du ressac
  Aplodontia Richardson, 1829 -- valid -- Mountain Beaver
  Aplodontia rufa (Rafinesque, 1817) -- valid -- Mountain Beaver, Sewellel
  Aplodontiidae Brandt, 1855 -- valid -- Mountain Beavers
  Aplonis Gould, 1836 -- valid
  Apodidae -- valid -- Swifts
  Apodiformes -- valid -- Swifts, Hummingbirds
  Apus Scopoli, 1777 -- valid -- Common Swifts
  Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Swift
  Apus pacificus (Latham, 1801) -- valid -- Fork-tailed Swift, Pacific Swift
  Aquila Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Golden Eagles
  Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Águila real, Golden Eagle, Aigle royal
  Aramidae -- valid -- Limpkins, Limpkin
  Aramus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Limpkins
  Aramus guarauna (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Limpkin, Carao
  Aratinga von Spix, 1824 -- valid -- Parakeets
  Aratinga canicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Orange-fronted Parakeet, Perico frente naranja
  Aratinga chloroptera (Souancé, 1856) -- invalid -- Hispaniolan Parakeet
  Aratinga pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Brown-throated Parakeet
  Arborimus Taylor, 1915 -- valid -- Tree Voles
  Arborimus albipes (Merriam, 1901) -- valid -- White-footed Vole
  Arborimus longicaudus (True, 1890) -- valid -- Red Tree Vole, Reddish Tree Mouse
  Archilochus Reichenbach, 1854 -- valid -- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
  Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) -- valid -- Black-chinned Hummingbird, Colibrí barba negra
  Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Colibrí garganta rubí, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, colibri à gorge rubis
  Arctocephalus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. Cuvier, 1826 -- valid -- southern fur seals
  Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 -- invalid -- Guadalupe Fur Seal, Lobo-fino de Guadalupe
  Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Great Herons
  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Garza morena, Great Blue Heron, Grand Héron
  Ardeidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Bitterns, Egrets, Herons
  Arenaria Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Turnstones
  Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Vuelvepiedras rojizo, Ruddy Turnstone, Tournepierre à collier, Vuelvepiedras común, vira-pedras, rola-do-mar
  Arenaria melanocephala (Vigors, 1829) -- valid -- Black Turnstone, Vuelvepiedras negro, Tournepierre noir, Vuelvepiedras oscuro, vira-pedras-preto
  Aristelliger Cope, 1862 -- valid -- Croaking Geckos
  Aristelliger cochranae Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Cochran's Croaking Gecko
  Arizona Kennicott in Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Glossy Snakes
  Arizona elegans Kennicott in Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Glossy Snake, Culebra brillante
  Arremonops Ridgway, 1896 -- valid -- Olive Sparrows
  Arremonops rufivirgatus (Lawrence, 1851) -- valid -- Tohi olive, Cerquero oliváceo, Olive Sparrow, Rascador oliváceo
  Arrhyton Günther, 1858 -- valid -- West Indian Garden Snakes
  Arrhyton exiguum (Cope, 1863) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Garden Snake
  Artamidae Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Woodswallows
  Artamus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Wood-Swallows
  Artibeus Leach, 1821 -- valid -- fruit-eating bats
  Artibeus hartii Thomas, 1892 -- invalid -- Velvety Fruit-eating Bat, Hart's Fruit-eating Bat
  Artibeus jamaicensis Leach, 1821 -- valid -- Murciélago-frutero de Jamaica, Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
  Asio Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Eared Owls
  Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- valid -- Búho cuerno corto, Short-eared Owl, hibou des marais
  Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Búho cara café, Long-eared Owl, hibou moyen-duc
  Athene F. Boie, 1822 -- valid -- Burrowing Owls
  Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- Tecolote llanero, Burrowing Owl, chevêche des terriers
  Atthis Reichenbach, 1854 -- invalid -- Bumblebee Hummingbirds
  Atthis heloisa (R. Lesson & Delattre, 1839) -- invalid -- Bumblebee Hummingbird, Zumbador mexicano
  Auriparus S. F. Baird, 1864 -- valid
  Auriparus flaviceps (Sundevall, 1850) -- valid -- Verdin, Baloncillo
  Aves -- valid -- Birds, oiseaux
  Aythya F. Boie, 1822 -- valid -- Diving Ducks
  Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838) -- valid -- Pato boludo-menor, Lesser Scaup, Petit Fuligule, Porrón bola, negrelho-americano
  Aythya americana (Eyton, 1838) -- valid -- Pato cabeza roja, Redhead, Fuligule à tête rouge, Porrón americano, zarro-americano
  Aythya collaris (Donovan, 1809) -- valid -- Pato pico anillado, Ring-necked Duck, Fuligule à collier, Porrón acollarado, caturro
  Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Pochard, Fuligule milouin, Porrón europeo, zarro
  Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Tufted Duck, Fuligule morillon, Porrón moñudo, negrinha
  Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761) -- valid -- Pato boludo-mayor, Greater Scaup, Fuligule milouinan, Porrón bastardo, negrelho
  Aythya valisineria (A. Wilson, 1814) -- valid -- Pato coacoxtle, Canvasback, Fuligule à dos blanc, Porrón coacoxtle, zarro-grande
  Baeolophus inornatus (Gambel, 1845) -- valid -- Plain Titmouse, Carbonero sencillo, Oak Titmouse
  Baiomys True, 1894 -- valid -- Pygmy Mice, American Pygmy Mice
  Balaena Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- right whales
  Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- black right whale, bowhead whale, Bowhead, baleine boréale, Greenland whale
  Balaenidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- bowhead whales, right whales
  Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804 -- valid -- rorquals, finback whales, baleen whales
  Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804 -- valid -- Common Minke Whale, Minke Whale, northern minke whale, Ballena menor, petit rorqual
  Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 -- valid -- Sei Whale, Ballena de Sei, rorqual boréal
  Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879 -- valid -- Eden's whale, Ballena tropical, Bryde's whale
  Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Blue Whale, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu
  Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Fin Whale, finback whale, rorqual commun, Ballena de aleta
  Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864 -- valid -- rorquals
  Bartramia R. Lesson, 1831 -- valid -- Upland Sandpipers
  Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) -- valid -- Zarapito ganga, Upland Sandpiper, Maubèche des champs, Correlimos batitú, maçarico-do-campo
  Basileuterus Cabanis, 1849 -- valid -- Basileuterine Warblers
  Basileuterus rufifrons (Swainson, 1838) -- valid -- Chipe gorra rufa, Rufous-capped Warbler, Paruline à calotte rousse
  Basiliscus Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Basilisks
  Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Brown Basilisk, Basilisco rayado
  Bassariscus Coues, 1887 -- valid -- ringtails
  Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein, 1830) -- valid -- Ringtail, Cacomixtle norteño
  Batrachoseps Bonaparte, 1839 -- valid -- Slender Salamanders
  Batrachoseps aridus Brame, 1970 -- invalid -- Desert Slender Salamander
  Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) -- valid -- California Slender Salamander
  Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode and Wake, 1979 -- valid -- Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander, Inyo Mountains Salamander
  Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869 -- valid -- Black-bellied Slender Salamander
  Batrachoseps simatus Brame and Murray, 1968 -- valid -- Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
  Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame and Murray, 1968 -- valid -- Tehachapi Slender Salamander
  Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937) -- valid -- Oregon Slender Salamander
  Berardius Duvernoy, 1851 -- valid -- giant bottle-nosed whales, giant beaked whales
  Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 -- valid -- Arnoux's Beaked Whale
  Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 -- valid -- north Pacific bottle-nosed whale, Baird's Beaked Whale
  Bison C. H. Smith, 1827 -- valid -- bison
  Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- American bison, bison, Bisonte americano, American Bison
  Bison bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- plains bison, bison
  Blarina Gray, 1838 -- valid -- American short-tailed shrews
  Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823) -- valid -- mole shrew, short-tailed shrew, grande musaraigne, Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) -- valid -- Southern Short-tailed Shrew
  Blarina hylophaga Elliot, 1899 -- valid -- Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
  Bogertophis rosaliae (Mocquard, 1899) -- valid -- Baja California Rat Snake, Baja California Ratsnake, Culebra-ratonera de Baja California
  Boidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- Boas, Boids
  Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 -- valid -- Boigas, Catsnakes
  Boiga irregularis (Bechstein, 1802) -- valid -- Brown Tree Snake, Brown Treesnake, Brown Cat Snake
  Bombycilla Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Waxwings
  Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Ampelis chinito, Cedar Waxwing, jaseur d'Amérique
  Bombycilla garrulus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Bohemian Waxwing, jaseur boréal
  Bombycillidae Swainson, 1831 -- valid -- Waxwings
  Bonasa Stephens, 1819 -- valid -- Ruffed Grouse
  Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Grévol engolado, tetraz-de-colar, Ruffed Grouse, gélinotte huppée
  Botaurus Stephens, 1819 -- valid -- Brown Bitterns
  Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) -- valid -- Avetoro norteño, American Bittern, Butor d'Amérique
  Bovidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, bovids
  Brachyphylla Gray, 1834 -- valid -- Antillean fruit-eating bats
  Brachyphylla cavernarum Gray, 1834 -- valid -- Antillean Fruit-eating Bat
  Branta Scopoli, 1769 -- valid -- Brent Geese
  Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Brant Goose, Brent Goose, Ganso de collar, Brant, Bernache cravant, Barnacla carinegra, ganso-de-faces-pretas
  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Ganso canadiense, Canada Goose, Bernache du Canada, Barnacla canadiense grande, ganso-do-canadá
  Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) -- valid -- Barnacle Goose, Bernache nonnette, Barnacla cariblanca, ganso-marisco
  Brotogeris Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Canary-winged Parakeets
  Brotogeris versicolurus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) -- valid -- White-winged Parakeet, Canary-winged Parakeet, Toui à ailes variées, Catita versicolor, periquito-da-campina
  Bubo Duméril, 1805 -- valid -- Horned Owls
  Bubo virginianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Búho cornudo, Great Horned Owl, grand-duc d'Amérique
  Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 -- valid -- Cattle Egrets
  Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Garza ganadera, Cattle Egret, Héron garde-boeufs, Western Cattle Egret
  Bucephala S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Goldeneyes
  Bucephala albeola (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pato monja, Bufflehead, Petit Garrot, Porrón albeola, olho-dourado-de-touca
  Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pato chillón, Common Goldeneye, Garrot à oeil d'or, Porrón osculado, olho-dourado
  Bucephala islandica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Barrow's Goldeneye, Garrot d'Islande, Porrón islándico, olho-dourado-da-islândia
  Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859 -- invalid -- Sonoran Desert Toad, Colorado River Toad, Sapo del desierto-sonorense
  Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 -- invalid -- American Toad, crapaud d'Amérique
  Bufo boreas Baird and Girard, 1852 -- invalid -- Western Toad, Sapo del Oeste
  Bufo canorus Camp, 1916 -- invalid -- Yosemite Toad
  Bufo cognatus Say in James, 1822 -- invalid -- Great Plains Toad, Sapo de la gran planicie
  Bufo debilis Girard, 1854 -- invalid -- Green Toad, Sapo verde
  Bufo exsul Myers, 1942 -- invalid -- Black Toad
  Bufo hemiophrys Cope, 1886 -- invalid -- Canadian Toad
  Bufo houstonensis Sanders, 1953 -- invalid -- Houston Toad
  Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Giant Toad, Sapo gigante, Marine Toad, Cane Toad
  Bufo microscaphus Cope, 1867 -- invalid -- Sapo del suroeste, Arizona Toad, Southwestern Toad
  Bufo punctatus Baird and Girard, 1852 -- invalid -- Red-spotted Toad, Sapo manchas rojas
  Bufo quercicus Holbrook, 1840 -- invalid -- Oak Toad
  Bufo retiformis Sanders and Smith, 1951 -- invalid -- Sonoran Green Toad, Sapo verde-sonorense
  Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854 -- invalid -- Texas Toad, Sapo texano
  Bufo terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789) -- invalid -- Southern Toad
  Bufo valliceps Wiegmann, 1833 -- invalid -- Sapo del golfo, Gulf Coast Toad
  Bufo woodhousii Girard, 1854 -- invalid -- Woodhouse's Toad
  Bulweria Bonaparte, 1843 -- valid -- Bulwer's Petrels
  Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 -- valid -- Jouanin's Petrel, Pétrel de Jouanin
  Burhinidae Mathews, 1912 -- valid -- Thick-knees, Stone-curlews
  Burhinus Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- Thick-knees
  Burhinus bistriatus (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Double-striped Thick-knee, Alcaraván americano, Oedicnème bistrié, Alcaraván venezolano, téu-téu-da-savana
  Buteo Lacepede, 1799 -- valid -- Buteonine Hawks
  Buteo albicaudatus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- White-tailed Hawk, Aguililla cola blanca, Buse à queue blanche
  Buteo albonotatus Kaup, 1847 -- valid -- Zone-tailed Hawk, Aguililla aura, Buse à queue barrée
  Buteo brachyurus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Short-tailed Hawk, Aguililla cola corta, Buse à queue courte
  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Aguililla cola roja, Red-tailed Hawk, Buse à queue rousse
  Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- valid -- Aguililla ártica, Rough-legged Hawk, Roughleg, Buse pattue, Rough-legged Buzzard
  Buteo lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Aguililla pecho rojo, Red-shouldered Hawk, Buse à épaulettes
  Buteo magnirostris (Gmelin, 1788) -- invalid -- Roadside Hawk, Buse à gros bec
  Buteo platypterus (Vieillot, 1823) -- valid -- Aguililla ala ancha, Broad-winged Hawk, Petite Buse
  Buteo regalis (G. R. Gray, 1844) -- valid -- Ferruginous Hawk, Aguililla real, Buse rouilleuse
  Buteo solitarius Peale, 1848 -- valid -- Hawaiian Hawk, Buse d'Hawaï, 'Io
  Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Aguililla de Swainson, Swainson's Hawk, Buse de Swainson
  Buteogallus Lesson, 1830 -- valid -- Black-Hawks
  Buteogallus anthracinus (Deppe, 1830) -- valid -- Common Black-Hawk, Aguililla-negra menor, Common Black Hawk, Buse noire
  Butorides Blyth, 1852 -- valid -- Green-backed Herons
  Butorides striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Green-backed Heron
  Cacatua Vieillot, 1817 -- valid -- Cockatoos
  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatoès à huppe jaune, Cacatúa galerita, cacatua-de-crista-amarela
  Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Caiman, Spectacled Caiman
  Calamospiza Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Lark Buntings
  Calamospiza melanocorys Stejneger, 1885 -- valid -- Chingolo albinegro, Lark Bunting, bruant noir et blanc, Gorrión ala blanca
  Calcarius Bechstein, 1802 -- valid -- Longspurs
  Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Escribano ártico, Lapland Longspur, bruant lapon
  Calcarius mccownii (Lawrence, 1851) -- invalid
  Calcarius ornatus (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- valid -- Chestnut-collared Longspur, Escribano collar castaño
  Calcarius pictus (Swainson, 1832) -- valid -- Smith's Longspur, bruant de Smith
  Calidris Merrem, 1804 -- valid -- Stints
  Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) -- valid -- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Bécasseau à queue pointue, Correlimos acuminado, pilrito-acuminado
  Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) -- valid -- Playero blanco, Sanderling, Bécasseau sanderling, Correlimos tridáctilo, maçarico-branco, pilrito-das-praias
  Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Playero dorso rojo, Dunlin, Bécasseau variable, Correlimos común, pilrito-de-peito-preto
  Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) -- valid -- Playero de Baird, Baird's Sandpiper, Bécasseau de Baird, Correlimos de Baird, maçarico-de-bico-fino, pilrito-de-bico-fino
  Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Playero canuto, Red Knot, Bécasseau maubèche, Correlimos gordo, maçarico-de-papo-vermelho, seixoeira
  Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- valid -- Curlew Sandpiper, Bécasseau cocorli, Correlimos zarapitín, pilrito-de-bico-comprido
  Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) -- valid -- Playero rabadilla blanca, White-rumped Sandpiper, Bécasseau à croupion blanc, Correlimos culiblanco, maçarico-de-sobre-branco, pilrito-de-sobre-branco
  Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) -- valid -- Purple Sandpiper, Bécasseau violet, Correlimos oscuro, pilrito-escuro
  Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857) -- valid -- Playero occidental, Western Sandpiper, Bécasseau d'Alaska, Correlimos de Alaska, pilrito-miúdo
  Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) -- valid -- Playero pectoral, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée, Correlimos pectoral, maçarico-de-colete, pilrito-de-colete
  Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) -- valid -- Little Stint, Bécasseau minute, Correlimos menudo, pilrito-pequeno
  Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) -- valid -- Playero chichicuilote, Least Sandpiper, Bécasseau minuscule, Correlimos menudillo, maçariquinho, pilrito-anão
  Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) -- valid -- Rock Sandpiper, Bécasseau des Aléoutiennes, Correlimos roquero, maçarico-das-rochas
  Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Playero semipalmeado, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Bécasseau semipalmé, Correlimos semipalmeado, maçarico-rasteirinho, pilrito-rasteirinho
  Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776) -- valid -- Red-necked Stint, Bécasseau à col roux, Correlimos cuellirrojo, pilrito-de-pescoço-ruivo
  Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853) -- valid -- Long-toed Stint, Bécasseau à longs doigts, Correlimos dedilargo, pilrito-de-dedos-compridos
  Calidris temminckii (Leisler, 1812) -- valid -- Temminck's Stint, Bécasseau de Temminck, Correlimos de Temminck, pilrito-de-temminck
  Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821) -- valid -- Great Knot, Bécasseau de l'Anadyr, Correlimos grande, seixoeira-grande
  Callipepla Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- Crested Quails
  Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) -- valid -- Colin de Californie, Colín de California, codorniz-da-califórnia, Codorniz californiana, Californian Quail, California Quail
  Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) -- valid -- Colin de Gambel, Colín de Gambel, colim-de-elmo, Gambel's Quail, Codorniz chiquiri
  Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) -- valid -- Colin écaillé, Colín escamado, colim-escamoso, Scaled Quail, Codorniz escamosa
  Calliphlox F. Boie, 1831 -- valid -- Woodstars
  Calliphlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847) -- invalid -- Bahaman Woodstar, Bahama Woodstar
  Callisaurus Blainville, 1835 -- valid -- Zebra-tailed Lizards
  Callisaurus draconoides Blainville, 1835 -- valid -- Zebra-tailed Lizard, Lagartija cachora
  Callorhinus J. E. Gray, 1859 -- valid -- northern fur seals
  Callorhinus ursinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Fur Seal
  Caloenas G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Nicobar Pigeons
  Caloenas nicobarica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Nicobar Pigeon
  Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) -- valid -- Puffin cendré, Pardela de Cory, Cory's Shearwater, puffin cendrée
  Calothorax G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Lucifer Hummingbirds
  Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Lucifer Hummingbird, Colibrí lucifer, Lucifer Sheartail
  Calypte Gould, 1856 -- valid -- Capped Hummingbirds
  Calypte anna (R. Lesson, 1829) -- valid -- Anna's Hummingbird, Colibrí cabeza roja
  Calypte costae (Bourcier, 1839) -- valid -- Costa's Hummingbird, Colibrí cabeza violeta
  Campephagidae Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Cuckoo-Shrikes, Cuckooshrikes
  Campephilus G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid
  Camptorhynchus Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Labrador Ducks
  Camptorhynchus labradorius (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Labrador Duck, Eider du Labrador, Pato del Labrador, pato-do-labrador
  Camptostoma P. L. Sclater, 1857 -- valid -- Beardless-Tyrannulets
  Camptostoma imberbe P. L. Sclater, 1857 -- valid -- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Mosquero lampiño, Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824 -- valid -- Cactus Wrens
  Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus (Lafresnaye, 1835) -- valid -- Cactus Wren
  Candoia Gray, 1842 -- valid -- Keel-scaled Boas, Bevel-nosed Boas
  Candoia bibroni (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1844) -- valid -- Bibron's Keel-scaled Boa, Bibron's Bevel-nosed Boa, Pacific Tree Boa
  Candoia carinata (Schneider, 1801) -- valid -- Pacific Keel-scaled Boa, Pacific Ground Boa
  Canidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- coyotes, dogs, foxes, jackals, wolves
  Canis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- dogs, foxes, jackals
  Canis latrans Say, 1823 -- valid -- Coyote, coyote, Coyote
  Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wolf, Gray Wolf, Lobo gris, loup
  Canis rufus Audubon and Bachman, 1851 -- invalid -- Red Wolf
  Caperea Gray, 1864 -- valid -- pygmy right whales
  Caperea marginata (Gray, 1846) -- valid -- Pygmy Right Whale
  Caprimulgidae -- valid -- Nightjars
  Caprimulgus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Nightjars
  Caprimulgus carolinensis J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- invalid -- Tapacamino de Carolina, Chuck-will's-widow, engoulevent de Caroline
  Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 -- valid -- Jungle Nightjar, Grey Nightjar
  Caprimulgus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Nightjar, Puerto Rican Whip-poor-will
  Caprimulgus ridgwayi (Nelson, 1897) -- invalid -- Buff-collared Nightjar, Tapacamino tu-cuchillo
  Caprimulgus vociferus A. Wilson, 1812 -- invalid -- Tapacamino cuerporruín-norteño, Whip-poor-will, engoulevent bois-pourri
  Capromyidae Smith, 1842 -- invalid -- capromyid rodents
  Caracara plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777) -- valid -- Crested Caracara, Southern Caracara, Caracara quebrantahuesos, Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara huppé, Carancho meridional, carcará
  Cardellina Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Red-faced Warblers
  Cardellina rubrifrons (Giraud Jr, 1841) -- valid -- Chipe cara roja, Paruline à face rouge, Red-faced Warbler
  Cardinalidae -- valid -- Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Saltators, Cardinal-Grosbeaks
  Cardinalis Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Cardinals
  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Cardenal rojo, Northern Cardinal, cardinal rouge
  Cardinalis sinuatus Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Pyrrhuloxia, Cardenal pardo
  Carduelinae Vigors, 1825 -- invalid -- Cardueline Finches
  Carduelis Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Goldfinches
  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Eurasian Goldfinch, European Goldfinch, chardonneret élégant
  Carduelis cucullata Swainson, 1820 -- invalid -- Red Siskin
  Carduelis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Common Redpoll, sizerin flammé
  Carduelis hornemanni (Holböll, 1843) -- invalid -- Hoary Redpoll, sizerin blanchâtre, Arctic Redpoll
  Carduelis lawrencei Cassin, 1850 -- invalid -- Lawrence's Goldfinch, Jilguero gris
  Carduelis pinus (A. Wilson, 1810) -- invalid -- Jilguero pinero, Pine Siskin, tarin des pins
  Carduelis psaltria (Say, 1822) -- invalid -- Lesser Goldfinch, Jilguero dominico
  Carduelis sinica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Oriental Goldfinch, Grey-capped Greenfinch, Oriental Greenfinch
  Carduelis tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Jilguero canario, American Goldfinch, chardonneret jaune
  Caretta Rafinesque, 1814 -- valid -- Loggerhead Sea Turtles
  Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Loggerhead, Tortuga-marina caguama, Loggerhead Sea Turtle
  Carlia Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Four-fingered Skinks, Rainbow Skinks
  Carlia fuscum (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) -- invalid
  Carphophis Gervais, 1843 -- valid -- Worm Snakes, Wormsnakes
  Carphophis amoenus (Say, 1825) -- valid -- Eastern Worm Snake, Eastern Wormsnake, Common Wormsnake
  Carpodacus Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Purple Finches
  Carpodacus cassinii S. F. Baird, 1854 -- invalid -- Cassin's Finch, Pinzón de Cassin
  Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770) -- valid -- Common Rosefinch
  Carpodacus mexicanus (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776) -- invalid -- Pinzón mexicano, House Finch, roselin familier
  Carpodacus purpureus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Pinzón purpúreo, Purple Finch, roselin pourpré
  Casmerodius Gloger, 1842 -- invalid -- Great Egrets
  Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Garza blanca, Great Egret, grande aigrette
  Castor Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- beavers
  Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 -- valid -- castor, American Beaver, Castor Americano
  Castoridae Hemprich, 1820 -- valid -- Beavers
  Catharacta Brünnich, 1764 -- invalid -- Skuas
  Cathartes Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- Turkey Vultures
  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Zopilote aura, Turkey Vulture, Urubu à tête rouge
  Cathartidae Lafresnaye, 1839 -- valid -- American Vultures, New World Vultures
  Catharus Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid
  Catharus fuscescens (Stephens, 1817) -- valid -- Zorzal rojizo, Veery, grive fauve
  Catharus guttatus (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Zorzal cola rufa, Hermit Thrush, grive solitaire
  Catharus minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848) -- valid -- Zorzal cara gris, Gray-cheeked Thrush, grive à joues grises, Grey-cheeked Thrush
  Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) -- valid -- Zorzal de Swainson, Swainson's Thrush, grive à dos olive
  Catherpes S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Canyon Wren
  Catherpes mexicanus (Swainson, 1829) -- valid -- Canyon Wren, Chivirín barranqueño
  Catoptrophorus Bonaparte, 1827 -- invalid -- Willets
  Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Willet, Willet, chevalier semipalmé
  Caudata -- valid -- salamandres, salamandra, Salamanders
  Cebidae Bonaparte, 1831 -- valid -- New World monkeys
  Cemophora Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Scarlet Snakes, Scarletsnakes
  Cemophora coccinea (Blumenbach, 1788) -- valid -- Scarlet Snake, Scarletsnake
  Centrocercus Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Sage Grouse
  Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827) -- valid -- Tétras des armoises, Gallo de las artemisas grande, tetraz-das-artemísias, Greater Sage Grouse, Sage Grouse, Greater Sage-Grouse
  Cepphus Pallas, 1769 -- valid -- Guillemots
  Cepphus columba Pallas, 1811 -- valid -- Arao pichón, Pigeon Guillemot, Guillemot colombin, Arao colombino, airo-columbino
  Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Black Guillemot, Guillemot à miroir, Arao aliblanco, airo-d'asa-branca
  Cerberus Cuvier, 1829 -- valid -- Dog-faced Water Snakes
  Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799) -- valid -- Dog-faced Water Snake, South Asian Bockadam
  Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- Old World monkeys
  Cerorhinca Bonaparte, 1828 -- valid -- Rhinoceros Auklets
  Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Rhinoceros Auklet, Alca rinoceronte, Macareux rhinocéros, Alca unicórnea, mérgulo-unicórnio
  Certhia Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Creepers
  Certhiidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Creepers, grimpereaux
  Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820 -- valid -- cervids, caribou, deer, moose, wapiti
  Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- red deer, deer, wapiti
  Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- elk, wapiti, Ciervo común, wapiti or elk, wapiti, Red Deer (see comments)
  Cervus elaphus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- wapiti
  Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Martín-pescador norteño, Belted Kingfisher, martin-pêcheur d'Amérique
  Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Ringed Kingfisher, Martín-pescador de collar
  Cetacea Brisson, 1762 -- valid -- baleines, cétacés, dauphins, mammfères marins, marsouins, baleia, cetáceo, golfinho, cetaceans, whales, dolphins, marine mammals, porpoises
  Cettia Bonaparte, 1834 -- valid -- Bush-Warblers
  Cettia annae (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868) -- invalid -- Palau Bush Warbler
  Cettia diphone (Kittlitz, 1830) -- invalid -- Japanese Bush-Warbler, Japanese Bush Warbler
  Chaetoptila G. R. Gray, 1869 -- valid -- Kioeas, Kioeas
  Chaetoptila angustipluma (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Kioea, Kioea
  Chaetura Stephens, 1826 -- valid -- Stiff-tailed Swifts
  Chaetura brachyura (Jardine, 1846) -- valid -- Short-tailed Swift
  Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Vencejo de chimenea, Chimney Swift, martinet ramoneur
  Chaetura vauxi (J. K. Townsend, 1839) -- valid -- Vaux's Swift, Vencejo de Vaux
  Chamaea Gambel, 1847 -- valid -- Wrentits
  Chamaea fasciata (Gambel, 1845) -- valid -- Wrentit, Camea
  Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Chameleons
  Chamaeleo jacksonii Boulenger, 1896 -- invalid -- Jackson's Chameleon
  Chamaeleonidae -- valid -- Chameleons
  Charadriidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Plovers
  Charadriiformes -- valid -- Shore Birds, Gulls, Alcids, Plovers, Oystercatchers, goélands, alcidés, Auks, huîtriers
  Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Ringed Plovers
  Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Kentish Plover, Pluvier à collier interrompu, Chorlitejo patinegro, borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida
  Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786 -- valid -- Little Ringed Plover, Pluvier petit-gravelot, Chorlitejo chico, borrelho-pequeno-de-coleira
  Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Common Ringed Plover, Pluvier grand-gravelot, Chorlitejo grande, borrelho-grande-de-coleira
  Charadrius leschenaultii R. Lesson, 1826 -- valid -- Greater Sand Plover, Greater Sand-Plover, Pluvier de Leschenault, Chorlitejo mongol grande, borrelho-grande-de-colar-ruivo
  Charadrius melodus Ord, 1824 -- valid -- Chorlo chiflador, Piping Plover, Pluvier siffleur, Chorlitejo silbador, batuíra-melodiosa
  Charadrius mongolus Pallas, 1776 -- valid -- Mongolian Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Pluvier de Mongolie, Chorlitejo mongol chico, borrelho-pequeno-de-colar-ruivo, Siberian Sand Plover
  Charadrius montanus J. K. Townsend, 1837 -- valid -- Mountain Plover, Chorlo llanero, Pluvier montagnard, Chorlito llanero, batuíra-montesa
  Charadrius morinellus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Dotterel, Pluvier guignard, Chorlito carambolo, borrelho-ruivo
  Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 1825 -- valid -- Chorlo semipalmeado, Semipalmated Plover, pluvier à semipalmé, Pluvier semipalmé, Chorlitejo semipalmeado, batuíra-de-bando
  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Chorlo tildío, Killdeer, Pluvier kildir, Chorlitejo culirrojo, borrelho-de-coleira-dupla
  Charadrius wilsonia Ord, 1814 -- valid -- Chorlo pico grueso, Wilson's Plover, Pluvier de Wilson, Chorlitejo piquigrueso, batuíra-bicuda
  Charina Gray, 1849 -- valid -- Rubber Boas, Rosy Boas
  Chasiempis Cabanis, 1847 -- valid -- 'Elepaios
  Chasiempis sandwichensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- 'Elepaio, Elepaio
  Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 -- valid -- Green Sea Turtles
  Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Green Sea Turtle, Tortuga-marina verde-del Atlántico, common green sea turtle
  Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- marine turtles, modern sea turtles, Sea Turtles
  Chelydra Schweigger, 1812 -- valid -- Snapping Turtles, common snapping turtles
  Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Snapping Turtle, chélydre serpentine, Tortuga-lagarto común, Common Snapping Turtle, North American Snapping Turtle
  Chelydridae Gray, 1831 -- valid -- Snapping Turtles
  Chen Boie, 1822 -- invalid -- Snow Geese
  Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Blue Goose, Ganso blanco, Snow Goose, oie des neiges
  Chen canagica (Sevastianov, 1802) -- invalid -- Emperor Goose
  Chen rossii (Cassin, 1861) -- invalid -- Ross' Goose, Ganso de Ross, Ross's Goose, oie de Ross
  Chilomeniscus Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Sand Snakes, Sandsnakes
  Chilomeniscus cinctus Cope, 1861 -- invalid -- Banded Sand Snake, Culebra-arenera bandada
  Chionactis Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Shovel-nosed Snakes
  Chionactis occipitalis (Hallowell, 1854) -- valid -- Western Shovel-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz de pala del oeste, Western Shovelnose Snake, Mojave Shovelnose Snake, Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake
  Chionactis palarostris (Klauber, 1937) -- valid -- Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz de pala sonorense, Sonoran Shovelnose Snake
  Chionactis saxatilis Funk, 1967 -- invalid -- Mountain Shovel-nosed Snake
  Chlidonias Rafinesque, 1822 -- valid -- Black Terns
  Chloridops S. B. Wilson, 1888 -- valid -- Kona Finches
  Chloridops kona S. B. Wilson, 1888 -- valid -- Kona Grosbeak
  Chloroceryle Kaup, 1848 -- valid -- Green Kingfishers
  Chloroceryle americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- martim-pescador-pequeno, Martín pescador verde, Martin-pêcheur vert, Green Kingfisher, Martín-pescador verde
  Chlorostilbon Gould, 1853 -- valid -- Emeralds
  Chlorostilbon maugaeus (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Emerald
  Choeronycteris Tschudi, 1844 -- valid -- long-tongued bats
  Choeronycteris mexicana Tschudi, 1844 -- valid -- Murciélago trompudo, Mexican Long-tongued Bat
  Chondestes Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Lark Sparrows
  Chondestes grammacus (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Chingolo arlequín, escrevedeira-arlequim, Lark Sparrow, bruant à joues marron, Gorrión arlequín
  Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843 -- valid -- Hook-billed Kites
  Chondrohierax uncinatus (Temminck, 1822) -- valid -- Hook-billed Kite, Gavilán pico gancho, Milan bec-en-croc
  Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus (Temminck, 1822) -- valid -- Hook-billed Kite
  Chordeiles Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Nighthawks
  Chordeiles acutipennis (Hermann, 1783) -- valid -- Chotacabras menor, Lesser Nighthawk
  Chordeiles gundlachii Lawrence, 1857 -- valid -- Antillean Nighthawk
  Chordeiles minor (J. R. Forster, 1771) -- valid -- Chotacabras zumbón, engoulevent d'Amérique, Common Nighthawk
  Chrysemys Gray, 1844 -- valid -- Painted Turtles
  Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) -- valid -- Painted Turtle, Tortuga pintada, tortue peinte, Eastern Painted Turtle
  Ciconiiformes -- valid -- Storks, cigognes
  Cinclidae Sundevall, 1836 -- valid -- Dippers
  Cinclus Borkhausen, 1797 -- valid -- Dippers
  Cinclus mexicanus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- American Dipper, Mirlo-acuático norteamericano
  Circus Lacepede, 1799 -- valid -- Harriers
  Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Gavilán rastrero, Northern Harrier, Busard Saint-Martin
  Ciridops A. Newton, 1892 -- valid -- Ciridopses
  Ciridops anna (Dole, 1878) -- valid -- Ula-ai-hawane
  Cistothorus Cabanis, 1850 -- valid -- Marsh Wrens
  Cistothorus palustris (A. Wilson, 1810) -- valid -- Chivirín pantanero, Marsh Wren, troglodyte des marais
  Cistothorus platensis (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- Chivirín sabanero, Sedge Wren, troglodyte à bec court
  Clamator Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Chestnut-winged Cuckoos
  Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
  Clangula Leach, 1819 -- valid -- Long-tailed Duck
  Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Long-tailed Duck, Pato cola larga, Harelde kakawi, Pato havelda, pato-rabilongo
  Clemmys Ritgen, 1828 -- valid -- marsh turtles, pond turtles, Spotted Turtles
  Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792) -- valid -- tortue ponctuée, Spotted Turtle
  Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte, 1830) -- invalid -- ornate box turtle, wood turtle, tortue des bois
  Clemmys marmorata (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- invalid -- western pond turtle, Tortuga marmoleada, Pacific pond turtle
  Clemmys muhlenbergii (Schoepff, 1801) -- invalid -- bog turtle
  Cleptornis Oustalet, 1889 -- valid -- Golden Honeyeaters
  Cleptornis marchei (Oustalet, 1889) -- valid -- Golden Honeyeater, Golden White-eye
  Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850 -- invalid -- red-backed voles
  Clethrionomys californicus (Merriam, 1890) -- invalid -- Western Red-backed Vole
  Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors, 1830) -- invalid -- Southern Red-backed Vole, campagnol à dos roux de Gapper
  Clethrionomys rutilus (Pallas, 1779) -- invalid -- Northern Red-backed Vole
  Clonophis Cope, 1889 -- valid -- Kirtland's Snakes
  Clonophis kirtlandii (Kennicott, 1856) -- valid -- Kirtland's Snake
  Clytorhynchus Elliot, 1870 -- valid -- Shrikebills
  Clytorhynchus vitiensis (Hartlaub, 1866) -- valid -- Fiji Shrikebill
  Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Racerunners, Whiptails
  Cnemidophorus burti Taylor, 1938 -- invalid -- Huico de cañón o punteado de cañón, Canyon Spotted Whiptail
  Cnemidophorus dixoni Scudday, 1973 -- invalid -- Gray-checkered Whiptail
  Cnemidophorus exsanguis Lowe, 1956 -- invalid -- Huico chihuahuense, Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
  Cnemidophorus flagellicaudus Lowe and Wright, 1964 -- invalid -- Gila Spotted Whiptail
  Cnemidophorus gularis Baird and Girard, 1852 -- invalid -- Texas Spotted Whiptail, Huico Texano
  Cnemidophorus hyperythrus Cope, 1863 -- invalid -- Orange-throated Whiptail, Huico Garganta Anaranjada
  Cnemidophorus inornatus Baird, 1859 -- invalid -- Little Striped Whiptail, Huico adornado
  Cnemidophorus laredoensis McKinney, Kay and Anderson, 1973 -- invalid -- Laredo Striped Whiptail, Huico de Laredo
  Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Rainbow Lizard, Rainbow Whiptail, South American Whiptail
  Cnemidophorus neomexicanus Lowe and Zweifel, 1952 -- invalid -- New Mexican Whiptail, New Mexico Whiptail, Huico de Nuevo México
  Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Six-lined Racerunner
  Cnemidophorus sonorae Lowe and Wright, 1964 -- invalid -- Sonoran Spotted Whiptail, Huico de Sonora
  Cnemidophorus tesselatus (Say in James, 1823) -- invalid -- Checkered Whiptail, Colorado Checkered Whiptail, Common Checkered Whiptail, Huico de cuadros
  Cnemidophorus uniparens Wright and Lowe, 1965 -- invalid -- Desert Grassland Whiptail, Huico de pastizal-desértico
  Cnemidophorus velox Springer, 1928 -- invalid -- Plateau Striped Whiptail
  Coccothraustes Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Hawfinches
  Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Hawfinch
  Coccothraustes vespertinus (W. Cooper, 1825) -- invalid -- Evening Grosbeak, gros-bec errant, Picogrueso norteño
  Coccyzus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Spotted-tailed Cuckoos
  Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Cuclillo pico amarillo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, coulicou à bec jaune
  Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson, 1811) -- valid -- Cuclillo pico negro, Black-billed Cuckoo, coulicou à bec noir
  Coccyzus minor (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Cuclillo manglero, Mangrove Cuckoo
  Coereba Vieillot, 1809 -- valid -- Bananaquits, Bananaquit
  Coereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Sucrier à ventre jaune, Platanero, cambacica, Bananaquit, Reinita-mielera
  Coerebidae -- invalid -- Bananaquits, Bananaquit
  Colaptes Swainson, 1825 -- invalid
  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Carpintero de pechera, Northern Flicker, pic flamboyant
  Coleonyx Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Banded Geckos
  Coleonyx brevis Stejneger, 1893 -- valid -- Texas Banded Gecko, Cuija texana
  Coleonyx reticulatus Davis and Dixon, 1958 -- valid -- Reticulated Gecko, Reticulate Banded Gecko, Cuija reticulada, Big Bend gecko
  Coleonyx switaki (Murphy, 1974) -- valid -- Barefoot Gecko, Cuija descalza, Switak's Banded Gecko
  Coleonyx variegatus (Baird, 1859) -- valid -- Western Banded Gecko, Cuija occidental
  Colibri von Spix, 1824 -- valid -- Violet-ears
  Colibri thalassinus (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Colibrí oreja violeta, Green Violet-ear, Green Violetear, Mexican Violetear
  Colinus Goldfuss, 1820 -- valid -- Bobwhites
  Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Colín de Virginia, codorniz-da-virgínia, Codorniz cotuí, Northern Bobwhite, colin de Virginie
  Coluber Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Racers
  Coluber constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Racer, Culebra-corredora constrictor, Eastern Racer, North American Racer
  Colubridae Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- Colubrids, Typical Snakes
  Columba Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Pigeons
  Columba fasciata Say, 1822 -- invalid -- Band-tailed Pigeon, Paloma de collar
  Columba flavirostris Wagler, 1831 -- invalid -- Red-billed Pigeon, Paloma morada
  Columba inornata Vigors, 1827 -- invalid -- Plain Pigeon
  Columba leucocephala Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- White-crowned Pigeon, Paloma corona blanca
  Columba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Paloma doméstica, Rock Dove, pigeon biset, Common Pigeon, Rock Pigeon
  Columba squamosa Bonnaterre, 1792 -- invalid -- Scaly-naped Pigeon
  Columbidae -- valid -- Doves, colombes, pigeons
  Columbiformes -- valid -- Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons
  Columbina von Spix, 1825 -- valid -- Ground-Doves
  Columbina inca (R. Lesson, 1847) -- valid -- Inca Dove, Tórtola cola larga
  Columbina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Ground-Dove, Tórtola coquita, Common Ground Dove
  Columbina talpacoti (Temminck, 1810) -- valid -- Ruddy Ground-Dove, Tórtola rojiza, Ruddy Ground Dove
  Condylura Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- star-nosed moles
  Condylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- condylure étoilé, Star-nosed Mole
  Conepatus Gray, 1837 -- valid -- hog-nosed skunks
  Conepatus leuconotus (Lichtenstein, 1832) -- valid -- American Hog-nosed Skunk, eastern hog-nosed skunk, Zorrillo-narigón occidental, white-backed hog-nosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Texas skunk
  Conepatus mesoleucus (Lichtenstein, 1832) -- invalid -- western hog-nosed skunk, hog-nosed skunk, Zorrillo-narigón norteño
  Coniophanes Hallowell in Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Black-striped Snakes
  Coniophanes imperialis (Kennicott in Baird, 1859) -- valid -- Regal Black-striped Snake, Culebra rayas negras, Black-striped Snake
  Contia Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Sharp-tailed Snakes
  Contia tenuis (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Sharp-tailed Snake, Sharptail Snake, Common Sharp-tailed Snake
  Contopus Cabanis, 1855 -- valid -- Pewees
  Contopus borealis (Swainson, 1832) -- invalid -- Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pibí boreal
  Contopus caribaeus (Orbigny, 1839) -- valid -- Greater Antillean Pewee, Cuban Pewee
  Contopus latirostris (J. Verreaux, 1866) -- valid -- Lesser Antillean Pewee
  Contopus pertinax Cabanis & Heine, 1859 -- valid -- Greater Pewee, Pibí tengofrío
  Contopus sordidulus P. L. Sclater, 1859 -- valid -- Western Wood-Pewee, Pibí occidental, Western Wood Pewee
  Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Pibí oriental, Eastern Wood-Pewee, pioui de l'est, Eastern Wood Pewee
  Conuropsis Salvadori, 1891 -- valid -- Carolina Parakeets
  Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Carolina Parakeet, Conure de Caroline, Cotorra de Carolina, periquito-da-carolina
  Cophosaurus Troschel, 1852 -- valid -- Greater Earless Lizards
  Cophosaurus texanus Troschel, 1852 -- valid -- Greater Earless Lizard, Lagartija-sorda mayor, Texas Greater Earless Lizard
  Copsychus Wagler, 1827 -- valid -- Shamas
  Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli, 1786) -- valid -- White-rumped Shama
  Coraciidae -- valid -- Rollers
  Coraciiformes -- valid -- Motmots, Bee-eaters, Todies, Kingfishers, Rollers, martins-pêcheurs
  Coracina Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Cuckoo-Shrikes
  Coracina tenuirostris (Jardine, 1831) -- valid -- Cicadabird, Common Cicadabird
  Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1853 -- invalid -- Black Vultures
  Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) -- valid -- Black Vulture, Zopilote común, Urubu noir
  Corvidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Crows, Jays, Magpies, corneilles, geais, pies
  Corvus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Crows
  Corvus brachyrhynchos C. L. Brehm, 1822 -- valid -- Cuervo americano, American Crow, corneille d'Amérique
  Corvus caurinus S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Northwestern Crow
  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Cuervo común, Common Raven, grand corbeau, Northern Raven
  Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 -- valid -- Chihuahuan Raven, Cuervo llanero
  Corvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1848 -- valid -- 'Alala, Hawaiian Crow
  Corvus imparatus J. L. Peters, 1929 -- valid -- Mexican Crow, Cuervo tamaulipeco, Tamaulipas Crow
  Corvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 -- valid -- Marianas Crow, Mariana Crow
  Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 -- valid -- White-necked Crow
  Corvus monedula Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Eurasian Jackdaw, choucas des tours, Western Jackdaw
  Corvus ossifragus A. Wilson, 1812 -- valid -- Fish Crow
  Coturnicops G. R. Gray, 1855 -- valid -- Yellow Rails
  Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Polluela amarilla, Yellow Rail, râle jaune
  Coturnix Bonnaterre, 1791 -- invalid -- Asian Quails
  Coturnix chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Blue-breasted Quail, King Quail
  Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1848 -- valid -- Caille du Japon, Codorniz japonesa, codorna-japonesa, Japanese Quail
  Cracidae -- valid -- Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans
  Crex Bechstein, 1803 -- valid -- Corn Crakes
  Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Corn Crake
  Crocodilia -- valid -- crocodilo, jacaré, Crocodilians, crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials
  Crocodylidae -- valid -- Crocodiles
  Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Crocodiles
  Crocodylus acutus Cuvier, 1807 -- valid -- American Crocodile, Cocodrilo americano, caiman de la costa, Central American Alligator, cocodrilo, lagarto
  Crocodylus novaeguineae Schmidt, 1928 -- valid -- New Guinea Crocodile, New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile
  Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 -- valid -- Saltwater Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile, Saltie
  Crotalus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Rattlesnakes
  Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 -- valid -- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
  Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel de diamantes
  Crotalus cerastes Hallowell, 1854 -- valid -- Sidewinder, Víbora-cascabel cornuda
  Crotalus horridus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Timber Rattlesnake, crotale des bois
  Crotalus lepidus (Kennicott, 1861) -- valid -- Rock Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel variable
  Crotalus mitchellii (Cope, 1861) -- valid -- Speckled Rattlesnake
  Crotalus molossus Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Black-tailed Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel cola negra, Western Black-tailed Rattlesnake
  Crotalus pricei Van Denburgh, 1895 -- valid -- Twin-spotted Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel motas gemelas
  Crotalus scutulatus (Kennicott, 1861) -- valid -- Mojave Rattlesnake, Mohave Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel del Altiplano, Green Rattlesnake
  Crotalus tigris Kennicott, 1859 -- valid -- Tiger Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel tigre
  Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque, 1818) -- valid -- Western Rattlesnake, Prairie Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel occidental
  Crotalus willardi Meek, 1905 -- valid -- Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, Víbora-cascabel bigotuda
  Crotaphytus Holbrook, 1842 -- valid -- Collared Lizards
  Crotaphytus collaris (Say in James, 1823) -- valid -- Collared Lizard, Eastern Collared Lizard, Lagartija-de collar común
  Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921 -- valid -- Black-collared Lizard, Desert Collared Lizard, Lagartija-de collar negra, Eastern Collared Lizard
  Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Reticulate Collared Lizard, Lagartija-de collar reticulada
  Crotophaga Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Anis
  Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Smooth-billed Ani, Garrapatero pico liso
  Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Groove-billed Ani, Garrapatero pijuy
  Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, 1834 -- valid -- Snake-eyed Skinks
  Cryptoblepharus boutonii poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1836) -- invalid
  Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1826 -- valid -- Giant Salamanders, Hellbenders
  Cryptotis Pomel, 1848 -- valid -- small-eared shrews
  Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) -- valid -- bee shrew, little short-tailed shrew, small short-tailed shrew, Least Shrew, Musaraña-orejillas mínima, North American Least Shrew
  Ctenosaura Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Spiny-tailed Iguanas
  Ctenosaura pectinata (Wiegmann, 1834) -- valid -- Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana, Iguana-espinosa mexicana, Spiny-tailed Iguana, Western Spiny-tailed Iguana, Guerreran Spiny-tailed Iguana
  Cuculidae -- valid -- Anis, Cuckoos, Roadrunners
  Cuculiformes -- valid -- Cuckoos, coucoua
  Cuculus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Cuckoos
  Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Common Cuckoo
  Cuculus fugax Horsfield, 1821 -- valid -- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
  Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 -- valid -- Oriental Cuckoo
  Cyanocitta Strickland, 1845 -- valid -- Blue Jays
  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Blue Jay, geai bleu, Chara azul
  Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Chara crestada, Steller's Jay, geai de Steller
  Cyanocompsa Cabanis, 1861 -- valid -- Blue Buntings
  Cyanocompsa parellina (Bonaparte, 1850) -- valid -- Blue Bunting, Colorín azulnegro
  Cyanocorax F. Boie, 1826 -- valid -- Tufted Jays
  Cyanocorax morio (Wagler, 1829) -- invalid -- Brown Jay, Chara papán
  Cyanocorax yncas (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Green Jay, Chara verde, Inca Jay
  Cyclura Harlan, 1825 -- valid -- Ground Iguanas, Rock Iguanas
  Cyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre, 1789) -- valid -- Horned Ground Iguana, Hispaniolan Rhinoceros Iguana, Rhinoceros Iguana
  Cyclura nubila (Gray, 1831) -- valid -- Cuban Ground Iguana, Clouded Rock Iguana, Cayman Islands Ground Iguana, Cuban Iguana
  Cyclura nubila nubila (Gray, 1831) -- valid -- Cuban Ground Iguana, Cuban Rock Iguana, Cuban Iguana, Cayman Islands Ground Iguana
  Cygnus Bechstein, 1803 -- invalid -- Swans
  Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1831 -- valid -- Cisne trompetero, Trumpeter Swan, Cygne trompette, cisne-trompeteiro
  Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) -- valid -- Cisne de tundra, Tundra Swan, Cygne siffleur, Cisne chico, cisne-pequeno
  Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Whooper Swan, Cygne chanteur, Cisne cantor, cisne-bravo
  Cygnus olor (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Mute Swan, cygne tuburculé, Cygne tuberculé, Cisne vulgar, cisne-mudo
  Cynanthus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Broad-billed Hummingbirds
  Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Broad-billed Hummingbird, Colibrí pico ancho
  Cynomys Rafinesque, 1817 -- valid -- Prairie Dogs
  Cynomys gunnisoni (Baird, 1855) -- valid -- Gunnison's Prairie Dog
  Cynomys leucurus Merriam, 1890 -- valid -- White-tailed Prairie Dog
  Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord, 1815) -- valid -- Arizona black-tailed prairie dog, Perro-llanero cola negra, Black-tailed Prairie Dog
  Cynomys parvidens J. A. Allen, 1905 -- valid -- Utah Prairie Dog
  Cypseloides Streubel, 1848 -- valid -- Black Swifts
  Cypseloides niger (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Black Swift, Vencejo negro, American Black Swift
  Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 -- valid -- Curve-toed Geckos
  Cyrtodactylus scaber (Heyden in Rüppell, 1827) -- invalid
  Cyrtonyx Gould, 1844 -- valid -- Montezuma Quails
  Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors, 1830) -- valid -- Colin arlequin, Colín de Moctezuma, colim-de-montezuma, Montezuma Quail, Codorniz Moctezuma
  Cystophora Nilsson, 1820 -- valid -- hooded seals
  Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777) -- valid -- Hooded Seal, bladdernose seal, phoque à capuchon
  Dasypodidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- Armadillos
  Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Long-nosed Armadillos
  Dasypus novemcinctus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- long-nosed armadillo, Armadillo nueve bandas, Nine-banded Armadillo
  Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857 -- valid -- Chicken Turtles
  Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) -- valid -- Chicken Turtle
  Delichon Moore, 1854 -- valid -- House-Martins
  Delichon urbica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Common House-Martin
  Delphinapterus Lacépède, 1804 -- valid -- white whales, belugas
  Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776) -- valid -- white whale, béluga, Beluga, belukha
  Delphinidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales, marine dolphins
  Delphinus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- common dolphins
  Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- saddle-backed dolphin, common dolphin, Short-beaked Common Dolphin, short-beaked saddle-backed dolphin, Short-beaked Saddleback Dolphin, Delfín común
  Dendragapus D. G. Elliot, 1864 -- valid -- Grouse, Sooty Grouse, Dusky Grouse, Blue Grouse
  Dendragapus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Spruce Grouse
  Dendragapus obscurus (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Dusky Grouse, Tétras sombre, Gallo oscuro, tetraz-azul, Blue Grouse
  Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 -- valid -- Asian Tree Snakes, Bronzebacks
  Dendrelaphis punctulatus (Gray, 1826) -- valid -- Green Tree Snake, Common Bronzeback, Common Tree Snake
  Dendrobates Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Poison-dart Frogs, Dart-poison Frogs, Poison Dart Frogs
  Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855) -- valid -- Dart Poison Frog, Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, Green and Black Dart-poison Frog, Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
  Dendrobatidae Cope, 1865 -- valid -- Dendrobatids, Poison Frogs, Poison-dart Frogs, Dart-poison Frogs, Dendrobatid Frogs
  Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- Whistling-Ducks
  Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- West Indian Whistling Duck, West Indian Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygne des Antilles, Suirirí yaguaza, marreca-laguaça
  Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Pijije ala blanca, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygne à ventre noir, Suirirí piquirrojo, marreca-cabocla
  Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) -- valid -- Fulvous Whistling Duck, Pijije canelo, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygne fauve, Suirirí bicolor, marreca-caneleira
  Dendroica G. R. Gray, 1842 -- invalid -- Northern Warblers
  Dendroica adelaidae S. F. Baird, 1865 -- invalid -- Adelaide's Warbler
  Dendroica angelae Kepler & Parkes, 1972 -- invalid -- Elfin Woods Warbler, Elfin-woods Warbler
  Dendroica caerulescens (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe azulnegro, Black-throated Blue Warbler, paruline bleue
  Dendroica castanea (A. Wilson, 1810) -- invalid -- Chipe castaño, Bay-breasted Warbler, paruline à poitrine baie
  Dendroica cerulea (A. Wilson, 1810) -- invalid -- Chipe cerúleo, Cerulean Warbler, paruline azurée
  Dendroica chrysoparia P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1860 -- invalid -- Golden-cheeked Warbler, Golden-cheeked Wood Warbler, Chipe mejilla dorada
  Dendroica coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe coronado, Yellow-rumped Warbler, paruline à croupion jaune
  Dendroica discolor (Vieillot, 1809) -- invalid -- Chipe de pradera, Prairie Warbler, paruline des prés
  Dendroica dominica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe garganta amarilla, Yellow-throated Warbler, paruline à gorge jaune
  Dendroica fusca (Statius Müller, 1776) -- invalid -- Chipe garganta naranja, Blackburnian Warbler, paruline à gorge orangée
  Dendroica graciae S. F. Baird, 1865 -- invalid -- Grace's Warbler, Chipe ceja amarilla
  Dendroica kirtlandii (S. F. Baird, 1852) -- invalid -- Kirtland's Wood Warbler, Kirtland's Warbler, paruline de Kirtland
  Dendroica magnolia (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Chipe de magnolia, Magnolia Warbler, paruline à tête cendrée
  Dendroica nigrescens (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- invalid -- Chipe negrogris, Black-throated Gray Warbler, paruline grise, Black-throated Grey Warbler
  Dendroica occidentalis (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- invalid -- Chipe cabeza amarilla, Hermit Warbler, paruline à tête jaune
  Dendroica palmarum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe playero, paruline à couronne rousse, Palm Warbler
  Dendroica pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe flanco castaño, Chestnut-sided Warbler, paruline à flancs marron
  Dendroica petechia (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe amarillo, Yellow Warbler, paruline jaune, American Yellow Warbler
  Dendroica striata (J. R. Forster, 1772) -- invalid -- Chipe gorra negra, Blackpoll Warbler, paruline rayée
  Dendroica tigrina (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe atigrado, Cape May Warbler, paruline tigrée
  Dendroica townsendi (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- invalid -- Townsend's Warbler, Chipe negroamarillo
  Dendroica virens (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe dorso verde, Black-throated Green Warbler, paruline à gorge noire
  Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- leatherback turtles, Leatherback Sea Turtles
  Dermochelys Blainville, 1816 -- valid -- Leatherback Sea Turtles
  Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) -- valid -- leatherback turtle, Leatherback, Tortuga-marina laúd, tinglar, tortue luth, Leatherback Sea Turtle
  Desmognathus Baird, 1850 -- valid -- Dusky Salamanders, Seal Salamanders
  Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895 -- valid -- Ouachita Salamander, Ouachita Dusky Salamander
  Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859 -- valid -- Mountain Dusky Salamander, salamandre des montagnes, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander
  Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936 -- valid -- Pygmy Salamander
  Diadophis Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Ring-necked Snakes
  Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Ring-necked Snake, Culebra de collar, Ringneck Snake, couleuvre à collier
  Dicamptodon Strauch, 1870 -- valid -- Pacific Giant Salamanders
  Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) -- valid -- California Giant Salamander
  Dicamptodontidae Tihen, 1958 -- invalid -- Giant Salamanders, Olympic Salamanders, Pacific Giant Salamanders
  Dicrostonyx Gloger, 1841 -- valid -- Collared Lemmings
  Dicrostonyx exsul G. M. Allen, 1919 -- invalid -- St. Lawrence Island collared lemming
  Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (Traill, 1823) -- valid -- Northern Collared Lemming, Greenland Collared Lemming, Nearctic Collared Lemming, Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx hudsonius (Pallas, 1778) -- valid -- lemming d'Ungava, Labrador Collared Lemming, Ungava Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx kilangmiutak Anderson and Rand, 1945 -- invalid -- Victoria collared lemming, Kilangmiutak collared lemming
  Dicrostonyx nelsoni Merriam, 1900 -- valid -- Nelson's Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx richardsoni Merriam, 1900 -- valid -- Richardson's Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx rubricatus (Richardson, 1839) -- invalid -- Bering collared lemming, Tundra Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx torquatus (Pallas, 1778) -- valid -- Arctic Lemming, Collared Lemming, Palearctic Collared Lemming
  Dicrostonyx unalascensis Merriam, 1900 -- valid -- Aleutian Island Collared Lemming, Unalaska Collared Lemming
  Dicruridae Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Drongos
  Dicrurus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Drongos
  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 -- valid -- Black Drongo
  Didelphidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- opossoms, American opossums
  Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- large American opossums
  Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- Tlacuache norteño, opossum d'Amérique, Virginia Opossum
  Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Albatrosses
  Diomedea albatrus Pallas, 1769 -- invalid -- Short-tailed Albatross, Albatros rabón
  Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841 -- invalid -- Shy Albatross
  Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 -- invalid -- Yellow-nosed Albatross, albatros à nez jaune
  Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wandering Albatross, Albatros hurleur
  Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828 -- invalid -- Black-browed Albatross
  Diomedea nigripes Audubon, 1839 -- invalid -- Black-footed Albatross, Albatros pata negra
  Diomedeidae G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Albatrosses, albatros
  Diphylla Spix, 1823 -- valid -- hairy-legged vampire bats
  Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823 -- valid -- Vampiro pata peluda, Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
  Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834 -- valid -- Galliwasps
  Diploglossus costatus (Cope, 1862) -- invalid -- Costate Galliwasp
  Diploglossus pleii Duméril and Bibron, 1839 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Galliwasp
  Dipodidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- jumping mice, birch mice, Jerboas
  Dipodomys Gray, 1841 -- valid -- Kangaroo Rats
  Dipodomys agilis Gambel, 1848 -- valid -- Rata-canguro ágil, Agile Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys californicus Merriam, 1890 -- valid -- California Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys compactus True, 1889 -- valid -- Rata-canguro de Del Padre, Gulf Coast Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys deserti Stephens, 1887 -- valid -- Rata-canguro desértica, Desert Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys elator Merriam, 1894 -- valid -- Texas Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys elephantinus (Grinnell, 1919) -- invalid -- Big-eared Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys heermanni LeConte, 1853 -- valid -- Heermann's Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys heermanni heermanni LeConte, 1853 -- valid -- Heermann's kangaroo rat
  Dipodomys ingens (Merriam, 1904) -- valid -- Giant Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys merriami Mearns, 1890 -- valid -- Rata-canguro de Merriam, Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys microps (Merriam, 1904) -- valid -- Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys nitratoides Merriam, 1894 -- valid -- San Joaquin Valley Kangaroo Rat, San Joaquin kangaroo rat, Fresno Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse, 1853 -- valid -- Rata-canguro común, Ord's Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys panamintinus (Merriam, 1894) -- valid -- Panamint Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam, 1890 -- valid -- Rata-canguro cola de bandera, Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys stephensi (Merriam, 1907) -- valid -- Stephens' kangaroo rat, Stephens's Kangaroo Rat
  Dipodomys venustus (Merriam, 1904) -- valid -- Narrow-faced Kangaroo Rat
  Dipsosaurus Hallowell, 1854 -- valid -- Desert Iguanas
  Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Desert Iguana, Iguana de desierto, Common Desert Iguana
  Dolichonyx Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Bobolinks
  Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Bobolink, goglu des prés, Tordo arrocero
  Drepanidinae -- invalid -- Hawaiian Honeycreepers
  Drepanis Temminck, 1820 -- valid -- Mamos
  Drepanis funerea A. Newton, 1894 -- valid -- Black Mamo
  Drepanis pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Hawaii Mamo
  Drymarchon Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Indigo Snakes
  Drymarchon corais (F. Boie, 1827) -- valid -- Indigo Snake, Yellow-tail Cribo
  Drymobius Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Neotropical Racers
  Drymobius margaritiferus (Schlegel, 1837) -- valid -- Central American Speckled Racer, Culebra-corredora de Petatillos, Speckled Racer
  Dryocopus F. Boie, 1826 -- valid
  Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pileated Woodpecker, grand pic
  Ducula Hodgson, 1836 -- valid -- Pacific Pigeons
  Ducula oceanica (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) -- invalid -- Micronesian Pigeon, Micronesian Imperial Pigeon
  Ducula pacifica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Pacific Pigeon, Pacific Imperial Pigeon
  Dugong Lacépède, 1799 -- valid -- dugongs
  Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) -- valid -- Dugong
  Dugongidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- sea cows, dugongs
  Dumetella C. T. Wood, 1837 -- valid -- Catbirds
  Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Maullador gris, Gray Catbird, moqueur chat, Grey Catbird
  Eclectus Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- Eclectus Parrots
  Eclectus roratus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) -- valid -- Eclectus Parrot, Moluccan Eclectus, Grand Éclectus, Loro ecléctico, papagaio-eclectus
  Ectopistes Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Passenger Pigeons
  Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Passenger Pigeon, tourte voyageuse
  Edentata Vicq-d'Azyr, 1792 -- invalid -- anteaters, armadillos, edentates, sloths
  Egretta T. Forster, 1817 -- valid -- Plumed Egrets
  Egretta eulophotes (Swinhoe, 1860) -- valid -- Chinese Egret, Aigrette de Chine
  Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Little Egret, Aigrette garzette
  Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) -- valid -- Western Reef Heron, Aigrette à gorge blanche, Western Reef-Heron
  Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Plumed Egret, Intermediate Egret
  Egretta rufescens (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Reddish Egret, Garceta rojiza, Aigrette roussâtre
  Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Pacific Reef-Heron, Pacific Reef Heron
  Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- Garceta pie-dorado, Snowy Egret, Aigrette neigeuse
  Egretta tricolor (Statius Muller, 1776) -- valid -- Garceta tricolor, Tricolored Heron, Aigrette tricolore
  Elaenia Sundevall, 1836 -- valid -- Elaenias
  Elaenia martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Caribbean Elaenia, Elenia caribeña
  Elanoides Vieillot, 1818 -- valid -- Swallow-tailed Kites
  Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- American Swallow-tailed Kite, Milano tijereta, Swallow-tailed Kite, Milan à queue fourchue
  Elanus Savigny, 1809 -- valid -- Black-shouldered Kites
  Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) -- valid -- Black-shouldered Kite, Black-winged Kite
  Elaphe Fitzinger in Wagler, 1833 -- valid -- Corn Snakes, Fox Snakes, Rat Snakes, Ratsnakes
  Elaphe bairdi (Yarrow, 1880) -- invalid -- Baird's Rat Snake, Baird's Ratsnake, Culebra-ratonera de Baird
  Elaphe guttata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Corn Snake, Cornsnake, Culebra-ratonera de maiz
  Elaphe obsoleta (Say in James, 1823) -- invalid -- Texas Ratsnake
  Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- invalid
  Elapidae F. Boie, 1827 -- valid -- Cobras, Coral Snakes, Elapids, Kraits, Coralsnakes
  Eleutherodactylus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 -- valid -- Coquis, Eleuths, Rainfrogs, Chirping Frogs, Robber Frogs, Rain Frogs
  Eleutherodactylus antillensis (Reinhardt and Lütken, 1863) -- valid -- Antillean Frog, Antillean Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus cochranae Grant, 1932 -- valid -- Whistling Frog, Whistling Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus cooki Grant, 1932 -- valid -- Rock Frog, Cook's Robber Frog, Rock Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus eneidae Rivero, 1959 -- valid -- Mottled Frog, Mottled Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus hedricki Rivero, 1963 -- valid -- Tree-hole Frog, Tree-hole Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus jasperi Drewry and Jones, 1976 -- valid -- Golden Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus lentus (Cope, 1862) -- valid -- Mute Frog, Mute Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927 -- valid -- Forest Coqui, Puerto Rican Coqui
  Eleutherodactylus wightmanae Schmidt, 1920 -- valid -- Wrinkled Coqui
  Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828) -- valid -- Northern Alligator Lizard
  Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838 -- valid -- Arizona Alligator Lizard, Madrean Alligator Lizard
  Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835) -- valid -- Southern Alligator Lizard, Lagarto escorpión del Sur
  Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins, 1958) -- valid -- Panamint Alligator Lizard
  Emballonura Temminck, 1838 -- valid
  Emballonura semicaudata (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Pacific Sheath-tailed Bat, Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat, Mariana Sheath-tailed Bat, Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat
  Emballonura sulcata Miller, 1911 -- invalid -- Caroline Sheath-tailed Bat
  Emballonuridae Gervais, 1855 -- valid -- sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats
  Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Buntings
  Emberiza pallasi (Cabanis, 1851) -- valid -- Bruant de Pallas, Escribano de Pallas, escrevedeira-de-pallas, Pallas' Reed-Bunting, Pallas's Bunting, Pallas's Reed Bunting
  Emberiza pusilla Pallas, 1776 -- valid -- Bruant nain, Escribano pigmeo, escrevedeira-pequena, Little Bunting
  Emberiza rustica Pallas, 1776 -- valid -- Bruant rustique, Escribano rústico, escrevedeira-rústica, Rustic Bunting
  Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Bruant des roseaux, Escribano palustre, escrevedeira-dos-caniços, Eurasian Reed Bunting, Common Reed-Bunting, Common Reed Bunting, Reed Bunting
  Emberiza variabilis Temminck, 1836 -- valid -- Bruant gris, Escribano gris, Gray Bunting, Grey Bunting
  Emberizidae -- valid -- Buntings
  Emoia Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Emoias
  Emoia adspersa (Steindachner, 1870) -- valid -- Dark-sided Skink, Dateline Emoia, Dark-sided Emoia, Steindachner's Emo Skink
  Emoia arnoensis Brown and Marshall, 1953 -- valid -- Arno Skink, Arno Emoia, Emo Skink
  Emoia atrocostata (Lesson, 1830) -- valid -- Littoral Skink, Littoral Emoia, Littoral Whiptail-skink, Mangrove Skink
  Emoia boettgeri (Sternfeld, 1918) -- valid -- Boettger's Skink, Boettger's Emoia, Boettger's Emo Skink
  Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892) -- valid -- Marianas Blue-tailed Skink, Pacific Blue-tailed Emoia, Marianas Blue-tailed Emoia, Pacific Bluetail Skink
  Emoia cyanogaster (Lesson, 1830) -- valid -- Blue-bellied Skink, Blue-bellied Emoia, Teal Emo Skink
  Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1830) -- valid -- Azure-tailed Emoia, Azure-tailed skink, Copper-tailed Copper-striped Emoia, Copper-tailed Skink
  Emoia lawesii (Günther, 1874) -- valid -- Lawes' Emoia, Lawes' Skink, Pili Oua, Günther's Emo Skink
  Emoia mivarti (Boulenger, 1887) -- valid -- Mivart's Skink, Mivart's Emoia, Boulenger's Emo Skink
  Emoia nigra (Jacquinot and Guichenot, 1853) -- valid -- Black Skink, Black Emoia, Black Emo Skink
  Emoia ponapea Kiester, 1982 -- valid -- Ponape Forest Skink, Ponape Forest Emoia, Kiester's Emo Skink
  Emoia samoensis (A. H. A. Duméril in A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851) -- valid -- Samoan Skink, Samoan Emoia, Samoa Skink
  Emoia slevini Brown and Falanruw, 1972 -- valid -- Slevin's Skink, Marianas Emoia, Slevin's Emoia, Slevin's Emo Skink
  Empidonax Cabanis, 1855 -- valid -- Empidonax Flycatchers
  Empidonax alnorum Brewster, 1895 -- valid -- Mosquero ailero, Alder Flycatcher, moucherolle des aulnes
  Empidonax difficilis S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Western Flycatcher, Mosquero californiano, Pacific-slope Flycatcher
  Empidonax flaviventris (W. M. Baird & S. F. Baird, 1843) -- valid -- Mosquero vientre amarillo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, moucherolle à ventre jaune
  Empidonax fulvifrons (Giraud, 1841) -- valid -- Buff-breasted Flycatcher, Mosquero pecho leonado
  Empidonax minimus (W. M. Baird & S. F. Baird, 1843) -- valid -- Mosquero mímimo, Least Flycatcher, moucherolle tchébec
  Empidonax oberholseri A. R. Phillips, 1939 -- valid -- Dusky Flycatcher, Mosquero oscuro
  Empidonax traillii (Audubon, 1828) -- valid -- Mosquero saucero, Willow Flycatcher, moucherolle des saules
  Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) -- valid -- Mosquero verdoso, Acadian Flycatcher, moucherolle vert
  Empidonax wrightii S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Gray Flycatcher, Mosquero gris, Grey Flycatcher
  Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1859 -- valid -- Variegated Flycatchers
  Empidonomus varius (Vieillot, 1818) -- valid -- Variegated Flycatcher
  Emydidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- pond turtles, terrapins, Emydid Turtles
  Emydoidea Gray, 1870 -- valid -- Blanding's Turtles
  Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) -- valid -- tortue mouchetée, Blanding's Turtle
  Enhydra Fleming, 1822 -- valid -- sea otters
  Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Sea Otter, Nutria Marina
  Enhydra lutris lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Sea Otter, Western Sea Otter
  Epicrates Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Rainbow Boas, West Indian Boas, Greater Antillean Boas
  Epicrates inornatus (Reinhardt, 1843) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Boa
  Epicrates monensis Zenneck, 1898 -- invalid -- Mona Boa
  Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820 -- valid -- big brown bats
  Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) -- valid -- Murciélago-moreno norteamericano, grande chauve-souris brune, Big Brown Bat
  Equidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- Asses, Horses, Zebras
  Equus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Horses
  Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- burro, feral burro, Donkey, Wild Ass, Ass
  Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- feral horse, Horse
  Eremophila F. Boie, 1828 -- valid -- Horned Larks
  Erethizon F. Cuvier, 1823 -- valid
  Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- porcupine, common porcupine, porc-épic d'Amérique, Puercoespín norteamericano
  Erethizontidae Bonaparte, 1845 -- valid -- New World porcupines
  Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Hawksbill Sea Turtles
  Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- carey, Hawksbill, Tortuga-marina de carey, Hawksbill Sea Turtle
  Erignathus Gill, 1866 -- valid -- bearded seals
  Erophylla Miller, 1906 -- valid -- brown flower bats
  Erophylla sezekorni (Gundlach, 1861) -- valid -- Buffy Flower Bat
  Erythrura Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- Parrot-Finches
  Erythrura trichroa (Kittlitz, 1833) -- valid -- Blue-faced Parrot-Finch
  Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 -- valid -- grey whales, gray whales
  Eschrichtius Gray, 1864 -- valid -- grey whales, gray whales
  Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861) -- valid -- Gray Whale, Ballena gris, grey whale
  Estrilda Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Waxbills
  Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Waxbill
  Estrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) -- valid -- Lavender Waxbill
  Estrilda melpoda (Vieillot, 1817) -- valid -- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
  Estrilda troglodytes (Lichtenstein, 1823) -- valid -- Black-rumped Waxbill
  Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Waxbills, Munias
  Euderma H. Allen, 1892 -- valid -- spotted bats
  Euderma maculatum (J. A. Allen, 1891) -- valid -- Murciélago pinto, Spotted Bat, Pinto Bat
  Eudocimus Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- White Ibises
  Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Ibis blanco, White Ibis, American White Ibis, Ibis blanc
  Eudocimus ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Scarlet Ibis, Ibis rouge
  Eugenes Gould, 1856 -- valid -- Magnificent Hummingbirds
  Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Magnificent Hummingbird, Colibrí magnífico, Rivoli's Hummingbird
  Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Short-legged Giant Skinks, Mastiff Skinks
  Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Günther, 1872) -- valid -- White-banded Giant Skink, White-banded Mastiff Skink, White-striped Cape Skink
  Eugongylus mentovarius (Boettger, 1895) -- valid -- Odd-chinned Mastiff Skink, Odd-chinned Giant Skink
  Eulampis F. Boie, 1831 -- valid -- Caribs
  Eulampis holosericeus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Green-throated Carib
  Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834 -- valid -- Eumeces, Holarctic Skinks
  Eumeces anthracinus (Baird, 1849) -- invalid -- Coal Skink
  Eumeces callicephalus Bocourt, 1879 -- invalid -- Mountain Skink
  Eumeces egregius (Baird, 1858) -- invalid -- Mole Skink
  Eumeces fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Five-lined Skink
  Eumeces gilberti Van Denburgh, 1896 -- invalid -- Gilbert's Skink, Eslizón de Gilbert
  Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor, 1932 -- invalid -- Southeastern Five-lined Skink
  Eumeces laticeps (Schneider, 1801) -- invalid -- Broad-headed Skink
  Eumeces multivirgatus (Hallowell, 1857) -- invalid -- Many-lined Skink, Eslizón muchas líneas
  Eumeces obsoletus (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- invalid -- Great Plains Skink, Eslizón de la Gran Planicie
  Eumeces septentrionalis (Baird, 1858) -- invalid -- Prairie Skink
  Eumeces skiltonianus (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- invalid -- Western Skink, Eslizón occidental
  Eumeces tetragrammus (Baird, 1859) -- invalid -- Four-lined Skink, Eslizón cuatro líneas
  Eumeces tetragrammus tetragrammus (Baird, 1859) -- invalid -- Four-lined Skink, Short-lined Skink, Long-lined Skink
  Eumetopias Gill, 1866 -- valid -- northern sea lions
  Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) -- valid -- Steller Sea Lion, Steller's sea lion, Northern Sea Lion
  Eumops Miller, 1906 -- valid -- mastiff-bats
  Eumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843) -- valid -- Wagner's Mastiff-bat, Murciélago-con bonete de Wagner, Wagner's Bonneted Bat
  Eumops perotis (Schinz, 1821) -- valid -- Western Bonneted Bat, Western Mastiff-bat, Murciélago-con bonete mayor, Greater Bonneted Bat
  Eumops underwoodi Goodwin, 1940 -- valid -- Murciélago-con bonete de Underwood, Underwood's Mastiff-bat, Underwood's Bonneted Bat
  Euphagus Cassin, 1867 -- valid -- American Blackbirds
  Euphagus carolinus (Statius Muller, 1776) -- valid -- Tordo canadiense, Rusty Blackbird, quiscale rouilleux
  Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Brewer's Blackbird, quiscale de Brewer, Tordo ojo amarillo
  Euphonia Desmarest, 1806 -- valid -- Euphonias
  Euphonia musica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Antillean Euphonia
  Euplectes Swainson, 1829 -- valid -- Bishops
  Euplectes afer (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Yellow-crowned Bishop
  Euplectes orix (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red Bishop, Southern Red Bishop
  Euptilotis Gould, 1858 -- valid -- Eared Quetzal, Eared Trogons
  Euptilotis neoxenus (Gould, 1838) -- valid -- Quetzal oreillard, Eared Trogon, Eared Quetzal, Trogón orejón
  Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822 -- valid -- Brook Salamanders
  Eurycea aquatica Rose and Bush, 1963 -- valid -- Dark-sided Salamander, Brown-backed Salamander
  Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) -- valid -- Two-lined Salamander, salamandre à deux lignes, Northern Two-lined Salamander
  Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) -- valid -- Long-tailed Salamander
  Eurycea nana Bishop, 1941 -- valid -- San Marcos Salamander
  Eurycea tridentifera Mitchell and Reddell, 1965 -- invalid -- Comal Blind Salamander
  Eurynorhynchus Nilsson, 1821 -- invalid -- Spoonbill Sandpipers
  Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Spoonbill Sandpiper, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Bécasseau spatule
  Eurystomus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Rollers
  Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Carraca oriental, Rolle oriental, Dollar Roller, Dollarbird, Dollar Bird, Oriental Dollarbird
  Euthlypis Cabanis, 1850 -- invalid -- Fan-tailed Warblers
  Euthlypis lachrymosa (Bonaparte, 1850) -- invalid -- Fan-tailed Warbler, Chipe de roca
  Falco Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Falcons
  Falco columbarius Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Merlin, Halcón esmerejón, Faucon émerillon, Esmerejón, esmerilhão
  Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822 -- valid -- Aplomado Falcon, Halcón fajado, Faucon aplomado, Halcón aleto, falcão-de-coleira
  Falco mexicanus Schlegel, 1850 -- valid -- Prairie Falcon, Halcón mexicano, Faucon des prairies, falcão-das-pradarias
  Falco peregrinus Tunstall, 1771 -- valid -- Peregrine Falcon, Halcón peregrino, Faucon pèlerin, falcão-peregrino
  Falco rusticolus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Gyrfalcon, Faucon gerfaut, Halcón gerifalte, gerifalte
  Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- American Kestrel, Cernícalo americano, Crécerelle d'Amérique, quiriquiri, peneireiro-americano
  Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Northern Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Faucon hobereau, Alcotán europeo, ógea
  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Kestrel, Common Kestrel, Faucon crécerelle, Cernícalo vulgar, peneireiro-de-dorso-malhado, peneireiro
  Falconidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- Caracaras, Falcons
  Falconiformes -- valid -- Falcons, Falconiforms, faucons
  Farancia Gray, 1842 -- valid -- Mud Snakes, Rainbow Snakes, Mudsnakes
  Farancia abacura (Holbrook, 1836) -- valid -- Mud Snake, Mudsnake, Red-bellied Mudsnake
  Farancia erytrogramma (Palisot de Beauvois, 1801) -- valid -- Rainbow Snake
  Felidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- cats
  Felis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- small cats
  Felis concolor Linnaeus, 1771 -- invalid -- mountain lion
  Felis concolor concolor Linnaeus, 1771 -- invalid -- mountain lion
  Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- ocelot
  Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 -- valid -- Wildcat, wild cat
  Felis wiedii Schinz, 1821 -- invalid -- margay
  Felis yaguarondi Lacépède, 1809 -- invalid -- jaguarundi
  Feresa Gray, 1870 -- valid -- pygmy killer whales
  Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 -- valid -- Pygmy Killer Whale, Orca pigmea
  Ficedula Brisson, 1760 -- valid
  Ficedula narcissina (Temminck, 1836) -- valid -- Narcissus Flycatcher
  Ficedula parva (Bechstein, 1792) -- valid -- Red-breasted Flycatcher
  Ficimia Gray, 1849 -- valid -- Southern Hook-nosed Snakes, Mexican Hook-nosed Snakes
  Ficimia streckeri Taylor, 1931 -- valid -- Mexican Hook-nosed Snake, Tamaulipan Hook-nosed Snake, Culebra-naricilla mexicana, Tamaulipan Hooknose Snake, Mexican Hooknose Snake
  Foulehaio Reichenbach, 1852 -- valid -- Wattled Honeyeaters
  Foulehaio carunculata (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- invalid -- Wattled Honeyeater
  Francolinus Stephens, 1819 -- valid -- Francolins
  Francolinus erckelii (Rüppell, 1835) -- invalid -- Erckel's Francolin
  Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Francolin noir, Francolín ventrinegro, francolim-escuro, Black Francolin
  Francolinus pondicerianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Francolin gris, Francolín gris, francolim-cinzento, Gray Francolin, Grey Francolin
  Fratercula Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Puffins
  Fratercula arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Atlantic Puffin, Macareux moine, Frailecillo atlántico, papagaio-do-mar
  Fratercula corniculata (J. F. Naumann, 1821) -- valid -- Horned Puffin, Macareux cornu, Frailecillo corniculado, papagaio-do-mar-de-chifres
  Fregata Lacepede, 1799 -- valid -- Frigatebirds
  Fregata ariel (G. R. Gray, 1845) -- valid -- Lesser Frigatebird, Frégate ariel
  Fregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 -- valid -- Fragata magnífica, Magnificent Frigatebird, Frégate superbe
  Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Fragata pelágica, Great Frigatebird, Frégate du Pacifique
  Fregatidae Degland & Gerbe, 1867 -- valid -- Frigatebirds
  Fringilla Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Bramblings, Chaffinches
  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Common Chaffinch
  Fringilla montifringilla Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Brambling
  Fringillidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- gros-becs, moineaux, roselins, Old World Finches, Finches, Hawaiian Honeycreepers
  Fringillinae Leach, 1820 -- invalid -- Chaffinches, Bramblings
  Fulica Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Coots
  Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Gallareta americana, American Coot, foulque d'Amérique
  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Coot
  Fulica caribaea Ridgway, 1884 -- valid -- Caribbean Coot
  Gallicolumba Heck, 1849 -- valid -- Island Ground-Doves
  Gallicolumba canifrons (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) -- invalid -- Palau Ground-Dove, Palau Ground Dove
  Gallicolumba kubaryi (Finsch, 1880) -- invalid -- Truk Island Ground-Dove, White-fronted Ground Dove
  Gallicolumba stairi (G. R. Gray, 1856) -- invalid -- Friendly Ground-Dove, Tongan Ground Dove
  Gallicolumba xanthonura (Temminck, 1823) -- invalid -- White-throated Ground-Dove, White-throated Ground Dove
  Galliformes -- valid -- Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds, gallinacées, volaille
  Gallinago Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Snipes
  Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Agachona común, Common Snipe, Bécassine des marais, Agachadiza común, narceja-comum
  Gallinago hardwickii (J. E. Gray, 1831) -- valid -- Latham's Snipe, Japanese Snipe, Bécassine du Japon, Agachadiza japonesa, narceja-grande
  Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 -- valid -- Swinhoe's Snipe, Bécassine de Swinhoe, Agachadiza del Baikal, narceja-de-swinhoe
  Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte, 1831) -- valid -- Pin-tailed Snipe, Bécassine à queue pointue, Agachadiza colirrara, narceja-siberiana, Pintail Snipe
  Gallinula Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Moorhens
  Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gallineta frente roja, Common Moorhen, gallinule poule-d'eau
  Gallus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Junglefowl
  Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Coq bankiva, Gallo bankiva, galo-vermelho, Red Junglefowl
  Gambelia Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Leopard Lizards
  Gambelia silus (Stejneger, 1890) -- invalid -- Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard
  Gambelia wislizenii (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard, Lagartija-leopardo narigona, Longnose Leopard Lizard
  Garrulax Lesson, 1831 -- valid -- Laughing Thrushes
  Garrulax canorus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Melodious Laughing Thrush, Hwamei
  Garrulax pectoralis (Gould, 1836) -- valid -- Greater Necklaced Laughing Thrush, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
  Gavia J. R. Forster, 1788 -- valid -- Loons
  Gavia adamsii (G. R. Gray, 1859) -- valid -- Colimbo de Adams, Yellow-billed Loon, Plongeon à bec blanc, White-billed Diver
  Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Arctic Loon, Black-throated Loon, Plongeon arctique
  Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) -- valid -- Colimbo mayor, Common Loon, Great Northern Loon, Great Northern Diver, Plongeon huard
  Gavia pacifica (Lawrence, 1858) -- valid -- Pacific Loon, Colimbo pacífico, Plongeon du Pacifique, Pacific Diver
  Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- valid -- Colimbo menor, Red-throated Loon, Red-throated Diver, Plongeon catmarin
  Gaviidae Allen, 1897 -- valid -- Loons, Divers
  Gaviiformes -- valid -- Loons, huarts
  Gehyra Gray, 1834 -- valid -- Web-toed Geckos, Dtellas
  Gehyra brevipalmata (W. Peters, 1874) -- valid -- Palauan Web-toed Gecko
  Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834) -- valid -- Stump-toed Gecko, Geco plano, Mutilating Gecko
  Gehyra oceanica (Lesson, 1830) -- valid -- Big Tree Gecko, Oceanic Gecko
  Gehyra papuana Meyer, 1874 -- valid -- Papuan Web-toed Gecko
  Gekko Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Gekkos, Tropical Asian Geckos, Typical Geckos
  Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Tokay Gekko, Tokay Gecko
  Gekko vittatus Houttuyn, 1782 -- valid -- Striped Gekko, Striped Gecko
  Gekkonidae -- valid -- Geckos
  Geochelone Fitzinger, 1835 -- valid -- geoclelone tortoises, Geochelone Tortoises, typical tortoises
  Geochelone carbonaria (Spix, 1824) -- invalid -- Red-footed Tortoise
  Geococcyx Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- Roadrunners
  Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829) -- valid -- Greater Roadrunner, Correcaminos norteño
  Geomyidae Bonaparte, 1845 -- valid -- Pocket Gophers
  Geomys Rafinesque, 1817 -- valid -- Eastern Pocket Gophers
  Geomys arenarius Merriam, 1895 -- valid -- Tuza arenera, Desert Pocket Gopher
  Geomys bursarius (Shaw, 1800) -- valid -- Plains Pocket Gopher
  Geomys personatus True, 1889 -- valid -- Tuza texana, Texas Pocket Gopher
  Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 -- valid -- Southeastern Pocket Gopher
  Geopelia Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- Zebra Doves
  Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Zebra Dove
  Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847 -- valid -- Yellowthroats
  Geothlypis poliocephala S. F. Baird, 1865 -- valid -- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat, Mascarita pico grueso, Paruline à calotte grise, Grey-crowned Yellowthroat
  Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Mascarita común, Common Yellowthroat, Paruline masquée
  Geotrygon Gosse, 1847 -- valid -- Quail-Doves
  Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, 1855 -- valid -- Key West Quail-Dove
  Geotrygon montana (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Ruddy Quail-Dove, Paloma-perdiz rojiza
  Geotrygon mystacea (Temminck, 1811) -- valid -- Bridled Quail-Dove
  Gerrhonotus Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Alligator Lizards
  Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Texas Alligator Lizard, Lagarto escorpión texano, Smooth-headed Alligator Lizard, Wiegmann's Alligator Lizard
  Glareola Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Pratincoles
  Glareola maldivarum J. R. Forster, 1795 -- valid -- Oriental Pratincole, Glaréole orientale, Canastera oriental, perdiz-do-mar-oriental
  Glareolidae Brehm, 1831 -- valid -- Coursers, Pratincoles
  Glaucidium F. Boie, 1826 -- valid -- Pygmy-Owls
  Glaucidium brasilianum (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Tecolote bajeño, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
  Glaucidium gnoma Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- Northern Pygmy-Owl, Tecolote serrano, Mountain Pygmy Owl
  Glaucomys Thomas, 1908 -- valid -- American flying squirrels, New World Flying Squirrels
  Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801) -- valid -- grand polatouche, Northern Flying Squirrel
  Glaucomys sabrinus sabrinus (Shaw, 1801) -- valid -- northern flying squirrel, Hudson Bay flying squirrel
  Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- petit polatouche, Ardilla-voladora del sur, Southern Flying Squirrel
  Globicephala Lesson, 1828 -- valid -- pilot whales
  Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846 -- valid -- Short-finned Pilot Whale
  Globicephala melaena (Traill, 1809) -- invalid -- long-finned pilot whale
  Gonatodes Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Bent-toed Geckos, American Bent-toed Geckos
  Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) -- valid -- Yellow-headed Gecko, Geco cabeza amarilla
  Gopherus Rafinesque, 1832 -- valid -- North American Tortoises, Gopher Tortoises
  Gopherus agassizii (Cooper, 1861) -- valid -- Desert Tortoise, Mohave Desert Tortoise, Agassiz's Desert Tortoise, Mojave Desert Tortoise
  Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz, 1857) -- valid -- Galápago tamaulipeco, Texas Tortoise, Berlandier's Tortoise
  Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801) -- valid -- Gopher Tortoise
  Gracula Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Hill Mynas
  Gracula religiosa Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Hill Myna, Common Hill Myna
  Grampus Gray, 1828 -- valid -- grampus
  Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) -- valid -- Risso's Dolphin, grampus, Delfín chato, gray grampus
  Graptemys Agassiz, 1857 -- valid -- Map Turtles
  Graptemys barbouri Carr and Marchand, 1942 -- valid -- Barbour's Map Turtle
  Graptemys caglei Haynes and McKown, 1974 -- valid -- Cagle's Map Turtle
  Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle, 1954 -- valid -- sawback turtle, Yellow-blotched Map Turtle, Yellow-blotched Sawback
  Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur, 1817) -- valid -- tortue géographique, Northern Map Turtle, Common Map Turtle
  Graptemys kohnii (Baur, 1890) -- invalid -- Mississippi Map Turtle
  Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle, 1954 -- valid -- Black-knobbed Map Turtle, Black-knobbed Sawback
  Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890) -- valid -- ringed sawback turtle, Ringed Map Turtle, Ringed Sawback
  Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831) -- valid -- False Map Turtle
  Graptemys pulchra Baur, 1893 -- valid -- Alabama Map Turtle
  Graptemys versa Stejneger, 1925 -- valid -- Texas Map Turtle
  Gruidae -- valid -- Cranes
  Gruiformes -- valid -- Cranes, Rails, grues, râles
  Grus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Cranes
  Grus americana (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Whooping Crane, Grulla blanca
  Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Grulla gris, Sandhill Crane, grue du Canada
  Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Crane
  Guiraca Swainson, 1827 -- invalid -- Blue Grosbeaks
  Guiraca caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Picogordo azul, Blue Grosbeak, guicara bleu
  Gulo Pallas, 1780 -- valid -- wolverines
  Gyalopion Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Hook-nosed Snakes, Western Hook-nosed Snakes
  Gyalopion canum (Cope, 1860) -- valid -- Western Hook-nosed Snake, Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz ganchuda de Chihuahua, Western Hooknose Snake
  Gyalopion quadrangularis (Günther, 1893) -- invalid
  Gygis Wagler, 1832 -- valid -- White Terns
  Gygis alba (Sparrman, 1786) -- valid -- White Tern, Angel Tern, Gygis blanche, Charrán blanco común, grazina, Atoll Tern
  Gymnogyps Lesson, 1842 -- valid -- Condors
  Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797) -- valid -- California Condor, Cóndor californiano, Condor de Californie
  Gymnomyza Reichenow, 1914 -- valid -- Maos
  Gymnomyza samoensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) -- valid -- Mao, Méliphage mao, Mielero mao
  Gymnorhinus Wied-Neuwied, 1841 -- valid -- Pinyon Jay
  Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Wied-Neuwied, 1841 -- valid -- Pinyon Jay, Chara piñonera
  Gyrinophilus Cope, 1869 -- valid -- Cave Salamanders, Spring Salamanders
  Haematopodidae -- valid -- huîtriers, Oystercatchers
  Haematopus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Oystercatchers
  Haematopus bachmani Audubon, 1838 -- valid -- Black Oystercatcher, Ostrero negro, Huîtrier de Bachman, American Black Oystercatcher, Ostrero Negro Norteamericano, piru-piru-preto-norteamericano
  Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Oystercatcher, Huîtrier pie, Ostrero euroasiático, ostraceiro
  Haematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820 -- valid -- Ostrero americano, American Oystercatcher, Huîtrier d'Amérique, Ostrero pío americano, piru-piru
  Halcyon Swainson, 1821 -- valid -- Blue Kingfishers
  Halcyon chloris (Boddaert, 1783) -- invalid -- White-collared Kingfisher
  Halcyon cinnamonina Swainson, 1821 -- invalid -- Micronesian Kingfisher
  Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 -- valid -- Fish Eagles
  Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- White-tailed Eagle, Pygargue à queue blanche
  Haliaeetus albicilla albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- White-tailed Eagle
  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Águila cabeza blanca, Bald Eagle, Pygargue à tête blanche
  Haliaeetus pelagicus (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Steller's Sea-Eagle, Pygargue empereur, Steller's Sea Eagle
  Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820 -- valid -- gray seals
  Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) -- valid -- Gray Seal, Atlantic gray seal, Atlantic seal, Baltic gray seal, horsehead, phoque gris
  Heliomaster Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Starthroats
  Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) -- valid -- Plain-capped Starthroat, Colibrí picudo
  Helmitheros Rafinesque, 1819 -- valid -- Worm-eating Warblers
  Helmitheros vermivorus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe gusanero, Worm-eating Warbler, paruline vermivore
  Heloderma Wiegmann, 1829 -- valid -- Beaded Lizards, Gila Monsters
  Heloderma suspectum Cope, 1869 -- valid -- Gila Monster, Lagarto de Gila
  Helodermatidae Gray, 1837 -- valid -- Venomous Lizards, Beaded Lizards, Gila Monsters
  Hemidactylus Gray, 1825 -- valid -- House Geckos, Half-toed Geckos
  Hemidactylus brookii Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Brook's House Gecko
  Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836 -- valid -- Common House Gecko, Geco-casero bocón, Bridled House Gecko
  Hemidactylus garnotii Duméril and Bibron, 1836 -- valid -- Fox Gecko, Indo-Pacific Gecko, Indopacific Gecko, Indo-Pacific House Gecko
  Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau De Jonnès, 1818) -- valid -- Cosmopolitan House Gecko, Afro-American House Gecko, Geco-casero tropical, Afroamerican house gecko, Wood Slave
  Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Mediterranean Gekko, Mediterranean House Gecko, Geco-casero del Mediterráneo, Mediterranean Gecko
  Hemignathus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1839 -- valid -- 'Amakihis
  Hemignathus lucidus M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1839 -- valid -- Honeycreeper, Nukupu'u, Nukupuu
  Hemignathus munroi Pratt, 1979 -- invalid -- 'Akiapola'au, Akiapolaau
  Hemignathus obscurus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- invalid -- Hawaiian 'Akialoa, Lesser Akialoa
  Hemignathus parvus (Stejneger, 1887) -- invalid -- 'Anianiau, Anianiau
  Hemignathus procerus Cabanis, 1890 -- invalid -- Kauai 'Alialoa
  Hemignathus sagittirostris (Rothschild, 1892) -- invalid -- Greater 'Amakihi, Greater Amakihi
  Hemignathus virens (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- invalid -- Common 'Amakihi, Hawaii Amakihi
  Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 -- valid -- Small Tree Geckos, Gypsy Geckos, Tree Geckos
  Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860 -- valid -- Small Tree Gecko, Indopacific Tree Gecko, Indo-Pacific Tree Gecko, Indo-Pacific slender gecko
  Hemiphyllodactylus typus typus Bleeker, 1860 -- invalid -- Small Tree Gecko, Common Indo-Pacific Tree Gecko
  Herpestes Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- mongooses
  Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgson, 1836) -- invalid -- Indian mongoose
  Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 -- valid -- civets, mongooses
  Heterodon Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801 -- valid -- Hog-nosed Snakes, North American Hog-nosed Snakes
  Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Western Hog-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz de cerdo occidental, Western Hognose Snake, Plains Hognose Snake, Plains Hog-nosed Snake
  Heterodon nasicus nasicus Baird and Girard, 1852 -- invalid -- Plains Hognose Snake
  Heterodon simus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Southern Hog-nosed Snake, Southern Hognose Snake
  Heteromyidae Gray, 1868 -- valid -- heteromyid rodents, Kangaroo Mice, Kangaroo Rats, Pocket Mice
  Heteroscelus Baird, 1858 -- invalid -- Tattlers
  Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) -- invalid -- Gray-tailed Tattler, Grey-tailed Tattler
  Heteroscelus incanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Playero vagabundo, Wandering Tattler
  Himantopus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Stilts
  Himantopus mexicanus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) -- valid -- Ae'o, Hawaiian Stilt, Candelero americano, Black-necked Stilt, echasse d'Amérique, Échasse d'Amérique, Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro, pernilongo-de-costas-negras
  Himatione Cabanis, 1850 -- valid -- 'Apapanes
  Hirundapus Hodgson, 1837 -- valid -- Needletails
  Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801) -- valid -- White-throated Needletail
  Hirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid
  Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Barn Swallows
  Hirundo fulva Vieillot, 1808 -- invalid -- Cave Swallow, Golondrina pueblera
  Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot, 1817 -- invalid -- Cliff Swallow, Golondrina risquera
  Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Golondrina tijereta, Barn Swallow, hirondelle rustique
  Histrionicus R. Lesson, 1828 -- valid -- Harlequin Ducks
  Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pato arlequín, Harlequin Duck, Arlequin plongeur, pato-arlequim
  Holbrookia Girard, 1851 -- valid -- Earless Lizards, Lesser Earless Lizards
  Holbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880 -- valid -- Spot-tailed Earless Lizard, Lagartija-sorda cola punteada, Plateau Earless Lizard, Northern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
  Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851 -- valid -- Lesser Earless Lizard, Common Earless Lizard, Lagartija-sorda menor, Common Lesser Earless Lizard
  Holbrookia propinqua Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Keel-scaled Earless Lizard, Keeled Earless Lizard, Lagartija-sorda carinata
  Hominidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- man-like primates, Great Apes
  Homo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- hominoids
  Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- man, Humans, Human
  Hydrobatidae Mathews, 1912 -- valid -- Storm Petrels
  Hyla cadaverina Cope, 1866 -- invalid -- California Treefrog
  Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880 -- invalid -- Cope's Gray Treefrog
  Hyla cinerea (Schneider, 1799) -- invalid -- Green Tree Frog, Green Treefrog
  Hyla eximia Baird, 1854 -- invalid -- Mountain Treefrog, Rana-de árbol de montaña
  Hyla femoralis Daudin, 1800 -- invalid -- Pine Woods Treefrog
  Hyla squirella Daudin, 1800 -- invalid -- Squirrel Treefrog
  Hylactophryne Lynch, 1968 -- invalid -- Barking Frogs
  Hylactophryne augusti (Dugès in Brocchi, 1879) -- invalid -- Barking Frog
  Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- Hylids, New World Tree Frogs, Treefrogs, hylidés, hylidés arboricoles, Hylid Frogs
  Hylocharis F. Boie, 1831 -- valid
  Hylocharis leucotis (Vieillot, 1818) -- invalid -- White-eared Hummingbird, Zafiro oreja blanca
  Hylocichla S. F. Baird, 1864 -- valid -- Wood Thrushes
  Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Zorzal maculado, Wood Thrush, grive des bois
  Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804 -- valid -- bottle-nosed whales, bottlenose whales
  Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) -- valid -- North Atlantic bottle-nosed whale, Northern Bottlenose Whale, baleine à bec commune, northern bottle-nosed whale, North Atlantic bottlenose whale
  Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 -- valid -- southern bottle-nosed whale, Southern Bottlenose Whale, Ballena-picuda frente plana
  Hypopachus variolosus (Cope, 1866) -- valid -- Rana-oveja común, Northern Sheep Frog, Sheep Frog
  Hypsiglena Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Night Snakes, Nightsnakes
  Hypsiglena torquata (Günther, 1860) -- valid -- Night Snake, Nightsnake, Culebra-nocturna ojo de gato, Sinaloan Nightsnake
  Icteria Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Chats
  Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Buscabreña, Yellow-breasted Chat, Paruline polyglotte
  Icterus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- American Orioles
  Icterus cucullatus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Hooded Oriole, Bolsero encapuchado
  Icterus dominicensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Black-cowled Oriole, Bolsero dominico, Greater Antillean Oriole
  Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Oriole, Bolsero de Baltimore, Baltimore Oriole, oriole du nord
  Icterus graduacauda Lesson, 1839 -- valid -- Audubon's Oriole, Bolsero cabeza negra
  Icterus gularis (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Altamira Oriole, Bolsero de Altamira
  Icterus icterus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Troupial, Venezuelan Troupial
  Icterus parisorum Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Scott's Oriole, Bolsero tunero
  Icterus pectoralis (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Spot-breasted Oriole, Bolsero pecho manchado
  Icterus pustulatus (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Streak-backed Oriole, Bolsero dorso rayado
  Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Bolsero castaño, Orchard Oriole, oriole des vergers
  Icterus wagleri P. L. Sclater, 1857 -- valid -- Black-vented Oriole, Bolsero de Wagler
  Ictinia Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Mississippi Kites
  Idionycteris Anthony, 1923 -- valid -- Allen's big-eared bats
  Idionycteris phyllotis (G. M. Allen, 1916) -- valid -- Murciélago-mula de Allen, Allen's Big-eared Bat, Lappet-browed Bat, Mexican Big-eared Bat
  Iguana Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Iguanas, Green Iguanas
  Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Green Iguana, Iguana verde, iguane commun, Common Green Iguana
  Iguanidae -- valid -- American Arboreal Lizards, Chuckwallas, Iguanas, Iguanids
  Isolobodon J. A. Allen, 1916 -- valid -- Puerto Rican hutias
  Isolobodon portoricensis J. A. Allen, 1916 -- valid -- Puerto Rico hutia, Puerto Rican Hutia
  Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828 -- valid -- Least Bitterns
  Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Swinhoe, 1873) -- valid -- Schrenk's Bittern, Von Schrenck's Bittern
  Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Avetoro mínimo, Least Bittern, Petit Blongios
  Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Chinese Bittern, Yellow Bittern, Blongios de Chine
  Ixoreus Bonaparte, 1854 -- valid -- Varied Thrushes
  Ixoreus naevius (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Mirlo pecho cinchado, Varied Thrush, grive à collier
  Jabiru Hellmayr, 1906 -- valid -- Jabirus
  Jabiru mycteria (Lichtenstein, 1819) -- valid -- Jabiru, Cigüeña jabirú, Jabiru d'Amérique
  Jacana Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Jacanas
  Jacana spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Jacana, Jacana norteña, Jacana du Mexique, Jacana centroamericana, jaçanã-de-fronte-amarela
  Jacanidae Chenu & Des Murs, 1854 -- valid -- Jacanas
  Junco Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- Juncos
  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- junco, Junco ojo oscuro, Dark-eyed Junco, junco ardoisé
  Junco phaeonotus Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- Junco aux yeux jaunes, Junco ojilumbre, Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco ojo de lumbre
  Jynx Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wrynecks
  Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Wryneck
  Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 -- valid -- Musk Turtles, Mud Turtles
  Kinosternon Spix, 1824 -- valid -- mud turtles, American Mud Turtles, American musk turtles
  Kinosternon baurii (Garman, 1891) -- valid -- Striped Mud Turtle
  Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz, 1857) -- valid -- Tortuga-pecho quebrado amarilla, Yellow Mud Turtle
  Kinosternon hirtipes Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Mexican mud turtle, Mexican Rough-footed Mud Turtle, Tortuga-pecho quebrado pata rugosa, Rough-footed Mud Turtle
  Kinosternon sonoriense Le Conte, 1854 -- valid -- Sonoran mud turtle, Tortuga-pecho quebrado sonorense, Sonora Mud Turtle
  Kinosternon subrubrum (Lacépède, 1788) -- invalid -- Eastern Mud Turtle
  Kogia Gray, 1846 -- valid -- pygmy sperm whales, small sperm whales
  Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) -- valid -- Pygmy Sperm Whale, Cachalote pigmeo
  Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) -- valid -- Dwarf Sperm Whale
  Kogia simus (Owen, 1866) -- invalid -- dwarf sperm whale
  Lagenodelphis Fraser, 1956 -- valid -- Borneau dolphins
  Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 -- valid -- Fraser's Dolphin, Delfín de Fraser
  Lagenorhynchus Gray, 1846 -- valid -- white-sided dolphins, white-beaked dolphins
  Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray, 1828) -- valid -- Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, dauphin à flancs blancs
  Lagenorhynchus albirostris (Gray, 1846) -- valid -- White-beaked Dolphin, dauphin à nez blanc
  Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill, 1865 -- valid -- Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Delfín costado blanco
  Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855 -- valid -- coelho, tapeti, lagomorphs, Rabbits, Hares, Pikas
  Lagopus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Ptarmigans
  Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Lagópodo común, lagopo-ruivo, Willow Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, lagopède des saules
  Lagopus leucurus (Richardson, 1831) -- invalid -- White-tailed Ptarmigan
  Lagopus mutus (Montin, 1781) -- invalid -- Rock Ptarmigan, lagopède alpin
  Lagurus Gloger, 1841 -- valid -- Sagebrush Voles
  Lagurus curtatus (Cope, 1868) -- invalid -- Sagebrush Vole
  Lampornis Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Blue-throated Hummingbirds
  Lampornis clemenciae (R. Lesson, 1830) -- valid -- Blue-throated Hummingbird, Colibrí garganta azul, Blue-throated Mountaingem
  Lamprolepis Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Tree Skinks, Treeskinks
  Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1829) -- valid -- Green Treeskink, Green Tree Skink, Emerald Skink
  Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Kingsnakes, Milk Snakes
  Lampropeltis calligaster (Harlan, 1827) -- valid -- Prairie Kingsnake, Yellow-bellied Kingsnake
  Lampropeltis pyromelana (Cope, 1867) -- valid -- Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake, Culebra-real sonorense, Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
  Lampropeltis zonata (Lockington ex Blainville, 1876) -- valid -- California Mountain Kingsnake, Culebra-real californiana, St. Helena Mountain Kingsnake
  Lampropholis Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Indo-Australian Ground Skinks, sunskinks
  Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888) -- valid -- Garden Skink, Metallic Skink, Plague Skink, Rainbow Skink, Grass Skink
  Laniidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- Shrikes
  Lanius Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Shrikes
  Lanius cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Brown Shrike
  Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Northern Shrike, pie-grièche grise, Great Grey Shrike
  Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- Alcaudón verdugo, Loggerhead Shrike, pie-grièche migratrice
  Larinae -- invalid
  Larus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Gulls, Ivory Gulls, Kittiwakes, Ross' Gulls, Sabine's Gulls
  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 -- valid -- Gaviota plateada, Herring Gull, Goéland argenté, European Herring Gull, Gaviota argéntea europea, gaivota-argêntea
  Larus atricilla Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Gaviota reidora, Laughing Gull, mouette atricille
  Larus belcheri Vigors, 1829 -- valid -- Band-tailed Gull, Belcher's Gull, Goéland siméon, Gaviota simeón, gaivota-de-rabo-bandeado
  Larus californicus Lawrence, 1854 -- valid -- Gaviota californiana, California Gull, Goéland de Californie, gaivota-da-califórnia
  Larus canus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Gaviota cana, Mew Gull, Goéland cendré, Common Gull, famego
  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 -- valid -- Gaviota pico anillado, Ring-billed Gull, Goéland à bec cerclé, Gaviota de Delaware, gaivota-de-bico-riscado
  Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Gaviota sombría, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Goéland brun, gaivota-da-asa-escura
  Larus glaucescens J. F. Naumann, 1840 -- valid -- Glaucous-winged Gull, Gaviota ala glauca, Goéland à ailes grises, Gaviota de Bering, gaivota-do-mar-de-bering
  Larus glaucoides B. Meyer, 1822 -- valid -- Iceland Gull, Goéland arctique, Gaviota groenlandesa, gaivota-branca
  Larus heermanni Cassin, 1852 -- valid -- Heermann's Gull, Gaviota ploma, Goéland de Heermann, Gaviota mexicana, gaivota-cinzenta-setentrional
  Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 -- valid -- Gaviota blanca, Glaucous Gull, Goéland bourgmestre, Gavión hiperbóreo, gaivotão-branco
  Larus livens Dwight, 1919 -- valid -- Yellow-footed Gull, Gaviota pata amarilla, Goéland de Cortez, Gaviota de Cortés, gaivota-de-pés-amarelos
  Larus marinus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Great Black-backed Gull, Goéland marin, Gavión atlántico, gaivotão-real
  Larus minutus Pallas, 1776 -- invalid -- Gaviota mínima, Little Gull, mouette pygmée
  Larus occidentalis Audubon, 1839 -- valid -- Gaviota occidental, Western Gull, Goéland d'Audubon, gaivota-de-pés-rosados
  Larus philadelphia (Ord, 1815) -- invalid -- Gaviota de Bonaparte, Bonaparte's Gull, mouette de Bonaparte
  Larus pipixcan Wagler, 1831 -- invalid -- Gaviota de Franklin, Franklin's Gull, mouette de Franklin
  Larus ridibundus Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Common Black-headed Gull, Gaviota encapuchada, Black-headed Gull, mouette rieuse
  Larus schistisagus Stejneger, 1884 -- valid -- Slaty-backed Gull, Goéland à manteau ardoisé, Gaviota de Kamchatka, gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia
  Larus thayeri W. S. Brooks, 1915 -- invalid -- Gaviota de Thayer, Thayer's Gull, Goéland de Thayer
  Lasionycteris Peters, 1866 -- valid -- silver-haired bats
  Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831) -- valid -- Murciélago pelo plateado, chauve-souris argentée, Silver-haired Bat, Black Bat, Silver-black Bat
  Lasiurus Gray, 1831 -- valid -- hairy-tailed bats, red bats
  Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776) -- valid -- red bat, chauve-souris rousse, Murciélago-cola peluda rojizo, Eastern Red Bat
  Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) -- invalid -- Murciélago-cola peluda canoso, chauve-souris cendrée, Hoary Bat, Northern Hoary Bat
  Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856) -- invalid -- Murciélago-cola peluda amarillo, Southern Yellow Bat
  Lasiurus intermedius H. Allen, 1862 -- invalid -- Murciélago-cola peluda norteño, Northern Yellow Bat
  Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895) -- valid -- Seminole Bat
  Laterallus G. R. Gray, 1855 -- valid -- Black Rails
  Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Polluela negra, Black Rail, râle noir
  Laticauda Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- Sea Kraits, Seakraits
  Leiocephalus Gray, 1827 -- valid -- Curly-tailed Lizards
  Leiocephalus carinatus Gray, 1827 -- valid -- Carinate Curly-tailed Lizard, Northern Curly-tailed Lizard
  Leiocephalus eremitus (Cope, 1868) -- valid -- Navassa Curly-tailed Lizard, Navassa Curlytail Lizard
  Leiocephalus schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1838) -- valid -- Schreiber's Curly-tailed Lizard, Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard
  Leiopelmatidae Mivart, 1869 -- valid -- Leiopelmatids, Ribbed Frogs, Tailed Frogs
  Leiothrix Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Leiothrixes
  Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli, 1786) -- valid -- Red-billed Leiothrix
  Lemmus Rochebrune, 1843 -- invalid -- brown lemmings
  Lemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792) -- valid -- Black-footed Lemming, Siberian Brown Lemming, Brown Lemming, Siberian Lemming
  Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Ridley Sea Turtles
  Lepidochelys kempi (Garman, 1880) -- invalid -- Tortuga-marina escamosa-del Atlántico
  Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) -- valid -- Pacific ridley, Olive Ridley, Tortuga-marina escamosa-del Pacífico, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Pacific Ridley Sea Turtle
  Lepidodactylus Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Scaly-toed Geckos, Indo-Pacific Geckos
  Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) -- valid -- Mourning Gecko
  Leporidae Fischer, 1817 -- valid -- Hares, Rabbits
  Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 -- valid -- Leptodactylids, Neotropical Frogs, grenouilles néotropicales, Leptodactylid Frogs
  Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826 -- valid -- Foam-nest Frogs, White-lipped Frogs, Neotropical Grass Frogs, Thin-toed Frogs, Neotropical glass frogs
  Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877) -- valid -- White-lipped Frog, Mexican White-lipped Frog
  Leptodeira Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Cat-eyed Snakes
  Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott in Baird, 1859) -- valid -- Cat-eyed Snake, Culebra-ojo de gato norteña o manchada, Northern Cat-eyed Snake
  Leptonycteris Lydekker, 1891 -- valid -- Mexican long-nosed bats
  Leptonycteris nivalis (Saussure, 1860) -- valid -- Murciélago-hocicudo mayor, Mexican Long-nosed Bat, Greater Long-nosed Bat
  Leptonycteris sanborni Hoffmeister, 1957 -- invalid -- Sanborn's Long-nosed Bat
  Leptotila Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- White-tipped Doves
  Leptotila verreauxi Bonaparte, 1855 -- valid -- White-tipped Dove, Paloma arroyera
  Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 -- valid -- Slender Blind Snakes, Thread Snakes, Threadsnakes
  Leptotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Slender Blind Snakes, Threadsnakes
  Leptotyphlops dulcis (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- invalid -- Texas Slender Blind Snake, Texas Threadsnake, Serpiente-lombriz texana
  Lepus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Hares, Jackrabbits, Jack Rabbits
  Lepus alleni Mearns, 1890 -- valid -- Antelope Jack Rabbit, Liebre antilope, Antelope Jackrabbit, Allen's Jackrabbit, White-sided Jackrabbit, liebre torda, liebre blanca, libre appaloosa
  Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777 -- valid -- lièvre d'Amérique, Snowshoe Hare, Varying Hare
  Lepus californicus Gray, 1837 -- valid -- Black-tailed Jack Rabbit, Liebre cola negra, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, California Jackrabbit, Gray-sided Jackrabbit, Narrow-gauge Mule, Jackass-hare, Texas Jack, Texan Hare, Great Plains Jackrabbit
  Lepus callotis Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- White-sided Jack Rabbit, Liebre torda, White-sided Jackrabbit, Beautiful-eared jack rabbit, Gaillard jack rabbit, snow sides, Antelope Rabbit, Gaillard's Jackrabbit, Snowsides, Liebra pinta
  Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Cape Hare, Arabian Hare, Brown Hare, Desert Hare
  Lepus gaillardi Mearns, 1896 -- invalid
  Lepus timidus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Mountain Hare, Varying Hare
  Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839 -- valid -- White-tailed Jack Rabbit, White-tailed Jackrabbit
  Leucosticte Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Rosy Finches
  Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Rosy Finch, Asian Rosy Finch
  Leurognathus Moore, 1899 -- invalid -- Shovel-nosed Salamanders
  Leurognathus marmoratus Moore, 1899 -- invalid -- Shovel-nosed Salamander
  Limicola Koch, 1816 -- invalid -- Broad-billed Sandpipers
  Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- invalid -- Broad-billed Sandpiper, Bécasseau falcinelle
  Limnaoedus Mittleman and List, 1953 -- invalid -- Little Grass Frogs
  Limnaoedus ocularis (Bosc and Daudin in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) -- invalid -- Little Grass Frog
  Limnodromus Wied-Neuwied, 1833 -- valid -- Dowitchers
  Limnodromus griseus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Costurero pico corto, Short-billed Dowitcher, Bécassin roux, Agujeta gris, maçarico-de-costas-brancas, maçarico-de-bico-curto
  Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Costurero pico largo, Long-billed Dowitcher, Bécassin à long bec, Agujeta escolopácea, maçarico-de-bico-comprido
  Limnothlypis Stone, 1914 -- valid -- Swainson's Warblers
  Limnothlypis swainsonii (Audubon, 1834) -- valid -- Swainson's Warbler, Chipe corona café, Paruline de Swainson
  Limosa Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Godwits
  Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Picopando canelo, Marbled Godwit, Barge marbrée, Aguja canela, maçarico-marmóreo
  Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Picopando ornamentado, Hudsonian Godwit, Barge hudsonienne, Aguja café, maçarico-de-bico-virado
  Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Picopando cola barrada, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barge rousse, Aguja colipinta, fuselo
  Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Black-tailed Godwit, Barge à queue noire, Aguja colinegra, milherango
  Liomys Merriam, 1902 -- valid -- Spiny Pocket Mice
  Liomys irroratus (Gray, 1868) -- valid -- Ratón-espinoso mexicano, Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse
  Lipinia Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Lipinias
  Lipinia leptosoma (Brown and Fehlmann, 1958) -- valid -- Pandanus Skink, Palau Pandanus Skink, Slender Lipinia
  Lipinia noctua (Lesson, 1830) -- invalid -- Moth Skink
  Lissodelphis Gloger, 1841 -- valid -- right-whale dolphins, right whale dolphins
  Lissodelphis borealis (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Northern Right Whale Dolphin, Delfín-ballena norteño
  Lissodelphis peronii (Lacépède, 1804) -- valid -- Southern Right Whale Dolphin
  Locustella Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Grasshopper-Warbler
  Locustella lanceolata (Temminck, 1840) -- valid -- Lanceolated Warbler
  Locustella ochotensis (Middendorff, 1853) -- valid -- Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler, Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
  Lonchura Sykes, 1832 -- valid -- Mannikins
  Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837) -- valid -- Bronze Mannikin
  Lonchura hunsteini (Finsch, 1886) -- valid -- Black-breasted Mannikin, Mottled Munia
  Lonchura malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Indian Silverbill, Warbling Silverbill
  Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Chestnut Mannikin, Black-headed Munia, Tricolored Munia
  Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Nutmeg Mannikin, Scaly-breasted Munia
  Lophodytes Reichenbach, 1853 -- valid -- Hooded Mergansers
  Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Mergo cresta blanca, Hooded Merganser, Harle couronné, Serreta capuchona, merganso-capuchinho
  Lophura J. Fleming, 1822 -- valid -- Kalij Pheasants
  Lophura leucomelana (Latham, 1790) -- invalid -- Kalij Pheasant
  Loxia Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Crossbills
  Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Red Crossbill, bec-croisé des sapins, Picotuerto rojo
  Loxia leucoptera J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- White-winged Crossbill, bec-croisé bifascié, Two-barred Crossbill
  Loxigilla R. Lesson, 1831 -- valid -- Antillean Bullfinches
  Loxigilla noctis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Pèrenoir rougegorge, Semillero gorjirrojo, Lesser Antillean Bullfinch
  Loxigilla portoricensis (Daudin, 1800) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Bullfinch
  Loxioides Oustalet, 1877 -- valid -- Palilas
  Loxioides bailleui Oustalet, 1877 -- valid -- Honeycreeper, Palila
  Loxops Cabanis, 1847 -- valid -- 'Akepas
  Loxops coccineus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- 'Akepa, Akepa, Honeycreeper
  Luscinia T. Forster, 1817 -- valid -- Rubythroats
  Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776) -- valid -- Siberian Rubythroat
  Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Bluethroats, Bluethroat
  Lutra Brünnich, 1771 -- invalid -- river otters
  Lutra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) -- invalid -- River Otter
  Lymnocryptes Kaup, 1829 -- invalid -- Jack Snipes
  Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764) -- valid -- Jack Snipe, Bécassine sourde, Agachadiza chica, narceja-galega
  Lynx Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- bobcats, lynxes
  Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- Canadian Lynx, Canada lynx, lynx, lynx du Canada
  Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777) -- valid -- Bobcat, Lince americano, lynx roux
  Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 -- valid -- Mabuyas
  Mabuya multicarinata (Gray, 1845) -- invalid -- Many-keeled Mabuya
  Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) -- invalid -- Brown Mabuya
  Mabuya sloanii (Daudin, 1803) -- invalid -- Slippery-backed Mabuya, Slippery Back Skink
  Macaca Lacépède, 1799 -- valid -- macaques
  Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) -- valid -- Long-tailed Macaque, Crab-eating Macaque
  Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- Rhesus Monkey, Rhesus Macaque
  Macroclemys Gray, 1856 -- invalid -- alligator snapping turtles
  Macroclemys temminckii (Troost in Harlan, 1835) -- invalid -- alligator snapping turtle
  Macropodidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- kangaroos, wallabies
  Macrotus Gray, 1843 -- valid -- big-eared bats
  Macrotus californicus Baird, 1858 -- valid -- California Leaf-nosed Bat, Murciélago-orejón californiano, Californian Leaf-nosed Bat
  Malaclemys Gray, 1844 -- valid -- Diamondback Terrapins
  Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) -- valid -- Diamond-backed Terrapin, Diamondback Terrapin
  Margarops P. L. Sclater, 1859 -- valid -- Antillean Thrashers
  Margarops fuscatus (Vieillot, 1808) -- valid -- Pearly-eyed Thrasher
  Marmota Blumenbach, 1779 -- valid -- Marmots
  Marmota broweri Hall and Gilmore, 1934 -- valid -- Alaska Marmot
  Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz, 1829) -- valid -- Hoary Marmot
  Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Bachman, 1841) -- valid -- Yellow-bellied Marmot
  Marmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- marmotte commune, Woodchuck, Groundhog
  Marmota olympus (Merriam, 1898) -- valid -- Olympic Marmot
  Marmota vancouverensis Swarth, 1911 -- valid -- Vancouver Marmot, Vancouver Island Marmot
  Martes Pinel, 1792 -- valid -- martens
  Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) -- invalid -- Fisher, pékan
  Masticophis Baird and Girard, 1853 -- invalid -- Coachwhips, Whipsnakes, Racers, Striped Racers
  Masticophis bilineatus Jan, 1863 -- invalid -- Sonoran Whipsnake, Culebra-chirriadora sonorense
  Masticophis flagellum (Shaw, 1802) -- invalid -- Coachwhip, Culebra-chirriadora común
  Masticophis lateralis (Hallowell, 1853) -- invalid -- Striped Racer, Culebra-chirriadora rayada
  Masticophis taeniatus (Hallowell, 1852) -- invalid -- Striped Whipsnake, Culebra-chirriadora adornada
  Megapodiidae -- valid -- Megapodes
  Megapodius Gaimard, 1823 -- valid -- Megapodes
  Megapodius laperouse Gaimard, 1823 -- valid -- Mégapode de La Pérouse, Talégalo de las Marianas, frango-do-mato-micronésio, La Perouse's Megapode, Micronesian Megapode
  Megaptera Gray, 1846 -- valid -- humpback whales
  Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) -- valid -- Humpback Whale, rorqual à bosse, Ballena jorobada
  Melamprosops Casey & J. D. Jacobi, 1974 -- valid -- Po'o'ulis
  Melamprosops phaeosoma Casey & J. D. Jacobi, 1974 -- valid -- Po'o'uli, Poo-uli
  Melanerpes Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Melanerpine Woodpeckers
  Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Carpintero cheje
  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red-bellied Woodpecker, pic à ventre roux
  Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red-headed Woodpecker, pic à tête rouge
  Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Acorn Woodpecker, Carpintero bellotero
  Melanerpes lewis (G. R. Gray, 1849) -- valid -- Lewis' Woodpecker, Carpintero de Lewis, Lewis's Woodpecker
  Melanerpes portoricensis (Daudin, 1803) -- valid -- Puerto Rican Woodpecker
  Melanerpes uropygialis (S. F. Baird, 1854) -- valid -- Gila Woodpecker, Carpintero del desierto
  Melanitta F. Boie, 1822 -- valid -- Scoters
  Melanitta fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Velvet Scoter, Negreta ala blanca, Macreuse brune, Negrón especulado, negrola-d'asa-branca, White-winged Scoter
  Melanitta nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Negreta negra, Black Scoter, Common Scoter, Macreuse noire, Negrón común, negrola
  Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Negreta nuca blanca, Surf Scoter, Macreuse à front blanc, Negrón careto, negrola-de-lunetas
  Meleagridinae -- invalid -- Turkeys
  Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Turkeys
  Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Guajolote gallipavo, peru-bravo, Guajolote norteño, Wild Turkey, dindon sauvage
  Meliphagidae -- valid -- Honeyeaters
  Melopsittacus Gould, 1840 -- valid -- Budgerigars
  Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) -- valid -- Budgerigar, Perruche ondulée, Periquito común, periquito-australiano
  Melospiza S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Song Sparrows
  Melospiza georgiana (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- Chingolo pantanero, tico-tico-dos-pântanos, Swamp Sparrow, bruant des marais, Gorrión pantanero
  Melospiza melodia (A. Wilson, 1810) -- valid -- Chingolo cantor, tico-tico-musical, Gorrión cantor, Song Sparrow, bruant chanteur
  Mephitis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, 1795 -- valid -- hooded skunks, striped skunks
  Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein, 1832 -- valid -- Hooded Skunk, Zorrillo-listado del sur
  Mephitis mephitis (Schreber, 1776) -- valid -- Striped Skunk, mouffette rayée, Zorrillo-listado del norte
  Mergellus Selby, 1840 -- valid -- Smews
  Mergellus albellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Smew, Harle piette, Serreta chica, merganso-pequeno
  Mergus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Greater Mergansers
  Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Mergo mayor, Common Merganser, Grand Harle, Serreta grande, merganso-grande, Goosander
  Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Mergo copetón, Red-breasted Merganser, Harle huppé, Serreta mediana, merganso-de-poupa
  Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 -- valid -- beaked whales
  Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) -- valid -- North Atlantic beaked whale, Sowerby's Beaked Whale
  Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 -- valid -- arch-beaked whale, archbeaked whale, Hubbs' Beaked Whale, Hubbs's Beaked Whale, Ballena-picuda de Hubb
  Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817) -- valid -- dense-beaked whale, Blainville's Beaked Whale, densebeak whale, Ballena-picuda de Blainsville
  Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) -- valid -- Gervais' Beaked Whale, Gervais's Beaked Whale, Antillean beaked whale
  Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958 -- valid -- ginkgo-toothed whale, Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale, Ballena-picuda japonesa
  Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876 -- valid -- Gray's Beaked Whale, Haast's beaked whale, scamper-down whale
  Mesoplodon hectori (Gray, 1871) -- valid -- Hector's Beaked Whale
  Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865) -- valid -- Strap-toothed Whale, Layard's beaked whale, strap-toothed beaked whale
  Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 -- valid -- True's Beaked Whale
  Mesoplodon stejnegeri True, 1885 -- valid -- Stejneger's Beaked Whale, Bering Sea beaked whale
  Metabolus Bonaparte, 1854 -- valid -- Truk Monarchs
  Metabolus rugensis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) -- valid -- Truk Monarch, Chuuk Monarch
  Micrathene Coues, 1866 -- valid -- Elf Owls
  Micrathene whitneyi (J. G. Cooper, 1861) -- valid -- Elf Owl, Tecolote enano
  Microdipodops Merriam, 1891 -- valid -- Kangaroo Mice
  Microdipodops megacephalus Merriam, 1891 -- valid -- Dark Kangaroo Mouse
  Microdipodops pallidus Merriam, 1901 -- valid -- Pale Kangaroo Mouse
  Micropalama himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826) -- invalid
  Microtus Schrank, 1798 -- valid -- Meadow Mice, Meadow Voles
  Microtus abbreviatus Miller, 1899 -- valid -- St. Matthews Island vole, Insular Vole
  Microtus breweri (Baird, 1857) -- valid -- Beach Vole
  Microtus californicus (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Amargosa Vole, Meteoro de California, California Vole
  Microtus californicus californicus (Peale, 1848) -- invalid -- California vole
  Microtus canicaudus Miller, 1897 -- valid -- Gray-tailed Vole
  Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller, 1894) -- valid -- campagnol des rochers, Rock Vole
  Microtus coronarius Swarth, 1911 -- invalid -- Coronation Island vole
  Microtus longicaudus (Merriam, 1888) -- valid -- Coronation Island vole, Long-tailed Vole
  Microtus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) -- valid -- Meteoro mexicano, Mexican Vole
  Microtus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) -- invalid -- Mexican vole
  Microtus miurus Osgood, 1901 -- valid -- Singing Vole
  Microtus montanus (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Montane Vole
  Microtus nesophilus Bailey, 1898 -- invalid -- Gull Island vole
  Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner, 1842) -- valid -- Prairie Vole
  Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) -- valid -- Root Vole, Tundra Vole
  Microtus oregoni (Bachman, 1839) -- valid -- Creeping Vole
  Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte, 1830) -- valid -- campagnol sylvestre, Woodland Vole, Pine Vole
  Microtus richardsoni (DeKay, 1842) -- valid -- Water Vole, North American Water Vole
  Microtus townsendii (Bachman, 1839) -- valid -- Townsend's Vole
  Microtus xanthognathus (Leach, 1815) -- valid -- Taiga Vole, Yellow-cheeked Vole
  Micruroides K. P. Schmidt, 1928 -- valid -- Western Coral Snakes, Sonoran Coralsnakes
  Micruroides euryxanthus (Kennicott, 1860) -- valid -- Sonoran Coralsnake, Serpiente-coralillo sonorense, Western Coral Snake
  Micrurus Wagler, 1824 -- valid -- American Coral Snakes, American Coralsnakes
  Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Northern Coral Snake, Harlequin Coralsnake, Serpiente-coralillo arlequín, Eastern Coral Snake
  Milvus Lacepede, 1799 -- valid -- Black Kites
  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Black Kite, Milan noir
  Mimidae Bonaparte, 1853 -- valid -- Mockingbirds, Thrashers
  Mimus F. Boie, 1826 -- valid -- Mockingbirds
  Mimus gundlachii Cabanis, 1855 -- valid -- Bahama Mockingbird
  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Centzontle norteño, Northern Mockingbird, moqueur polyglotte
  Mirounga Gray, 1827 -- valid -- elephant seals
  Mirounga angustirostris (Gill, 1866) -- valid -- Northern Elephant Seal, northern sea elephant, Elefante-marino norteño
  Mniotilta Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Black-and-white Warblers
  Mniotilta varia (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Chipe trepador, Black-and-white Warbler, Paruline noir et blanc
  Moho Lesson, 1830 -- valid -- 'O'os, 'O'os
  Moho apicalis Gould, 1861 -- valid -- Oahu 'O'o, Oahu Oo, Oahu 'O'o, Oahu Oo
  Moho bishopi (Rothschild, 1893) -- valid -- Bishop's 'O'o, Bishop's Oo, Bishop's 'O'o, Bishop's Oo
  Moho braccatus Cassin, 1855 -- valid -- Honeyeater, Kauai 'O'o, O'o A'a, Kauai Oo, Honeyeater, Kauai 'O'o, O'o A'a, Kauai Oo
  Moho nobilis (Merrem, 1786) -- valid -- Hawaii 'O'o, Hawaii Oo, Hawaii 'O'o, Hawaii Oo
  Molossidae Gervais, 1856 -- valid -- free-tailed bats
  Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 -- valid -- velvety free-tailed bats, mastiff bats
  Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) -- valid -- Pallas' Free-tailed Bat, Murciélago-mastín de Pallas, Pallas's Mastiff Bat
  Molothrus Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Cowbirds
  Molothrus aeneus (Wagler, 1829) -- valid -- Bronzed Cowbird, Tordo ojo rojo
  Molothrus ater (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Tordo cabeza café, Brown-headed Cowbird, vacher à tête brune
  Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Shiny Cowbird
  Monachus Fleming, 1822 -- valid -- monk seals
  Monachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 -- invalid -- Hawaiian Monk Seal
  Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) -- invalid -- Caribbean Monk Seal, West Indian monk seal, Foca-monje del Caribe
  Monarcha Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 -- valid -- Monarchs
  Monarcha godeffroyi Hartlaub, 1868 -- valid -- Yap Monarch
  Monarcha takatsukasae (Yamashina, 1931) -- valid -- Tinian Monarch
  Monodon Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- narwhals
  Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Narwhal, narval
  Monodontidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- white whales
  Monophyllus Leach, 1821 -- valid -- Antillean long-tongued bats
  Monophyllus plethodon Miller, 1900 -- valid -- Insular Single Leaf Bat, Insular Long-tongued Bat, Insular Single-leaf Bat
  Monophyllus redmani Leach, 1821 -- valid -- Leach's Single Leaf Bat, Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat, Leach's Single-leaf Bat
  Monticola F. Boie, 1822 -- valid -- Rock-Thrushes
  Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Blue Rock-Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush
  Mormoopidae Saussure, 1860 -- valid -- ghost-faced bats, moustached bats, naked-backed bats
  Mormoops Leach, 1821 -- valid -- ghost-faced bats
  Mormoops blainvillii Leach, 1821 -- invalid -- Antillean Ghost-faced Bat
  Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864) -- valid -- Ghost-faced Bat, Murciélago-barba arrugada norteño, Peters's Ghost-faced Bat
  Motacilla Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wagtails
  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Lavandera blanca, White Wagtail
  Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771 -- valid -- Gray Wagtail, Grey Wagtail
  Motacilla flava Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Yellow Wagtail, Western Yellow Wagtail
  Motacilla lugens Gloger, 1829 -- invalid -- Black-backed Wagtail
  Motacillidae Horsfield, 1821 -- valid -- Pipits, Wagtails
  Muridae Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- campagnols, rats, souris, mice, rats, voles
  Mus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- House Mice, Old World Mice
  Muscicapa Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Old World Flycatchers
  Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe, 1861) -- valid -- Gray-spotted Flycatcher, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Gray-streaked Flycatcher
  Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Siberian Flycatcher, Dark-sided Flycatcher
  Muscicapidae Fleming, 1822 -- valid -- Old World Flycatchers, Chats
  Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- polecats, ermines, ferrets, minks, weasels
  Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Ermine, hermine
  Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831 -- valid -- Long-tailed Weasel, belette à longue queue, Comadreja cola larga
  Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman, 1851) -- valid -- Black-footed Ferret
  Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- Least Weasel, belette pygmée
  Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 -- valid -- American Mink, vison d'Amérique
  Mustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- mustelids
  Myadestes Swainson, 1838 -- valid -- Hawaiian Thrushes, Solitaires
  Myadestes lanaiensis (S. B. Wilson, 1891) -- valid -- Oloma'o, Olomao
  Myadestes myadestinus (Stejneger, 1887) -- valid -- Kamao, Large Kauai Thrush
  Myadestes obscurus (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- 'Oma'o, Omao
  Myadestes palmeri (Rothschild, 1893) -- valid -- Puaiohi, Small Kauai Thrush
  Myadestes townsendi (Audubon, 1838) -- valid -- Clarín norteño, Townsend's Solitaire, solitaire de Townsend
  Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wood Storks
  Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wood Stork, Cigüeña americana, Tantale d'Amérique
  Myiagra Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 -- valid -- Broadbills, Flycatchers
  Myiagra erythrops Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 -- valid -- Palau Broadbill, Palau Flycatcher
  Myiagra freycineti Oustalet, 1881 -- valid -- Guam Broadbill, Guam Flycatcher
  Myiagra oceanica Pucheran, 1853 -- valid -- Truk Broadbill, Oceanic Flycatcher
  Myiagra pluto Finsch, 1876 -- valid -- Pohnpei Flycatcher, Pohnpei Broadbill
  Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844 -- valid -- Crested Flycatchers
  Myiarchus antillarum (H. Bryant, 1866) -- valid -- Puerto Rican Flycatcher
  Myiarchus cinerascens (Lawrence, 1851) -- valid -- Papamoscas cenizo, Ash-throated Flycatcher, tyran à gorge cendrée
  Myiarchus crinitus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Papamoscas viajero, Great Crested Flycatcher, tyran huppé
  Myiarchus nuttingi Ridgway, 1882 -- valid -- Nutting's Flycatcher, Papamoscas de Nutting
  Myiarchus sagrae (Gundlach, 1852) -- valid -- La Sagra's Flycatcher
  Myiarchus tuberculifer (Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) -- valid -- Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Papamoscas triste
  Myiarchus tyrannulus (Statius Muller, 1776) -- valid -- Brown-crested Flycatcher, Papamoscas tirano
  Myioborus S. F. Baird, 1865 -- valid -- Painted Redstarts
  Myioborus miniatus (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Slate-throated Redstart, Chipe de montaña, Paruline ardoisée, Slate-throated Whitestart
  Myioborus pictus (Swainson, 1829) -- valid -- Painted Redstart, Chipe ala blanca, Painted Whitestart, Paruline à ailes blanches
  Myiodynastes Bonaparte, 1857 -- valid -- Sulphur-bellied Flycatchers
  Myiodynastes luteiventris P. L. Sclater, 1859 -- valid -- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Papamoscas atigrado
  Myiopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 -- valid -- Monk Parakeets
  Myiopsitta monachus (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Monk Parakeet, Perriche veuve, Cotorra argentina, caturrita
  Myocastor Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- nutrias
  Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) -- valid -- nutria, nutria, coypu, Coypu
  Myocastoridae Ameghino, 1902 -- invalid -- nutrias
  Myotis Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- mouse-eared bats
  Myotis auriculus Baker and Stains, 1955 -- valid -- Miotis orejudo, Southwestern Myotis
  Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) -- valid -- Southeastern Myotis
  Myotis californicus (Audubon and Bachman, 1842) -- valid -- Miotis californiano, California Myotis, Californian Myotis
  Myotis ciliolabrum (Merriam, 1886) -- valid -- western small-footed bat, Miotis cara negra, Western Small-footed Myotis, Small-footed Myotis
  Myotis evotis (H. Allen, 1864) -- valid -- Miotis oreja larga, Long-eared Myotis, Western Long-eared Bat
  Myotis fortidens Miller and G. M. Allen, 1928 -- valid -- Miotis canelo, Cinnamon Myotis
  Myotis grisescens A. H. Howell, 1909 -- valid -- Gray Myotis, Gray Bat
  Myotis insularum (Dobson, 1878) -- valid -- Insular Myotis
  Myotis keenii (Merriam, 1895) -- valid -- Keen's Myotis
  Myotis leibii (Audubon and Bachman, 1842) -- valid -- Small-footed Myotis, chauve-souris pygmée, Eastern Small-footed Myotis, Eastern Small-footed Bat
  Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831) -- valid -- Little Brown Bat, Miotis norteamericano, petite chauve-souris brune, Little Brown Myotis
  Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897) -- valid -- chauve-souris nordique, Northern Long-eared Bat, Northern Myotis, Northern Bat
  Myotis sodalis Miller and G. M. Allen, 1928 -- valid -- Indiana Myotis, Indiana bat, Cluster Bat, Social Bat
  Myotis thysanodes Miller, 1897 -- valid -- Miotis bordado, Fringed Myotis
  Myotis velifer (J. A. Allen, 1890) -- valid -- Miotis mexicano, Cave Myotis
  Myotis volans (H. Allen, 1866) -- valid -- Miotis pata larga, Long-legged Myotis
  Myotis yumanensis (H. Allen, 1864) -- valid -- Miotis de Yuma, Yuma Myotis
  Myzomela Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 -- valid -- Cardinal Honeyeaters
  Myzomela cardinalis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Cardinal Honeyeater, Cardinal Myzomela, Myzomèle cardinal, Mielero cardenal
  Nactus Kluge, 1983 -- valid -- Hook-toed Geckos
  Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858) -- valid -- Pelagic Gecko
  Napaeozapus Preble, 1899 -- valid -- woodland jumping mice
  Nasua Storr, 1780 -- valid -- coatis
  Nasua nasua (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- South American Coati
  Necturus Rafinesque, 1819 -- valid -- Mudpuppies, Waterdogs
  Neocrex P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 -- valid -- Paint-billed Crakes
  Neocrex erythrops (P. L. Sclater, 1867) -- valid -- Paint-billed Crake
  Neofiber True, 1884 -- valid -- Round-tailed Muskrats
  Neofiber alleni True, 1884 -- valid -- Round-tailed Muskrat
  Neoseps Stejneger, 1910 -- invalid -- Florida Sand Skinks
  Neoseps reynoldsi Stejneger, 1910 -- invalid -- Florida Sand Skink, Sand Skink
  Neotoma Say and Ord, 1825 -- valid -- Packrats
  Neotoma albigula Hartley, 1894 -- valid -- Rata-cambalachera garganta blanca, White-throated Woodrat
  Neotoma cinerea (Ord, 1815) -- valid -- Bushy-tailed Woodrat
  Neotoma floridana (Ord, 1818) -- valid -- Eastern Woodrat
  Neotoma floridana floridana (Ord, 1818) -- invalid -- eastern woodrat
  Neotoma fuscipes Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Rata-cambalachera patas oscuras, Dusky-footed Woodrat
  Neotoma lepida Thomas, 1893 -- valid -- Rata-cambalachera desértica, Desert Woodrat
  Neotoma mexicana Baird, 1855 -- valid -- Rata-cambalachera mexicana, Mexican Woodrat
  Neotoma micropus Baird, 1855 -- valid -- Rata-cambalachera de pradera, Southern Plains Woodrat
  Neotoma stephensi Goldman, 1905 -- valid -- Stephens's woodrat, Stephen's Woodrat
  Nerodia Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Water Snakes, North American Water Snakes
  Nerodia clarkii (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- valid -- Salt Marsh Water Snake, Saltmarsh Snake, Gulf salt marsh snake, Salt Marsh Snake
  Nerodia cyclopion (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) -- valid -- Green Water Snake, Mississippi Green Water Snake, Mississippi Green Watersnake
  Nerodia erythrogaster (Forster in Bossu, 1771) -- valid -- Plain-bellied Water Snake, Culebra-de agua vientre claro, Plainbelly Water Snake, Plain-bellied Watersnake, Red-bellied Water Snake, Redbelly Water Snake
  Nerodia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Southern Water Snake, Southern Watersnake
  Nerodia floridana (Goff, 1936) -- valid -- Florida Green Water Snake, Florida Green Watersnake
  Nerodia harteri (Trapido, 1941) -- valid -- Harter's Water Snake, Brazos River Water Snake, Brazos River Watersnake, Brazos Water Snake, Harters Water Snake
  Nerodia harteri harteri (Trapido, 1941) -- invalid -- Brazos River Watersnake, Brazos water snake
  Nerodia paucimaculata (Tinkle and Conant, 1961) -- valid -- Concho Water Snake, Concho Watersnake
  Nerodia rhombifera (Hallowell, 1852) -- invalid
  Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Water Snake, couleuvre d'eau, Common Watersnake
  Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook, 1838) -- valid -- Brown Water Snake, Brown Watersnake
  Nesochen Salvadori, 1895 -- invalid -- Hawaiian Geese
  Nesochen sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834) -- invalid -- Hawaiian Goose, Nene
  Nesospingus P. L. Sclater, 1885 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Tanagers
  Nesospingus speculiferus (Lawrence, 1875) -- valid -- Pleureur de Porto Rico, Tangara puertorriqueña, Puerto Rican Tanager
  Neurotrichus Günther, 1880 -- valid -- American shrew-moles
  Neurotrichus gibbsii (Baird, 1858) -- valid -- American Shrew Mole, Gibbs's shrew mole, least shrew mole, Shrew-mole
  Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- bulldog bats
  Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Murciélago-pescador mayor, Greater Bulldog Bat
  Noctilionidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- bulldog bats
  Notiosorex Coues, 1877 -- valid -- desert shrews
  Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues, 1877) -- valid -- gray shrew, Desert Shrew, Musaraña-desértica norteña, Crawford's Gray Shrew
  Notophthalmus Rafinesque, 1820 -- valid -- Eastern Newts, North American Newts
  Notopteris Gray, 1859 -- valid -- long-tailed fruit bats
  Notopteris macdonaldi Gray, 1859 -- invalid -- long-tailed fruit bat, Fijian Long-tailed Fruit Bat
  Nucifraga Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Nutcrackers
  Nucifraga columbiana (A. Wilson, 1811) -- valid -- Clark's Nutcracker, Cascanueces americano
  Numenius Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Curlews
  Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 -- valid -- Zarapito pico largo, Long-billed Curlew, Courlis à long bec, Zarapito americano, maçarico-bicudo
  Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Eurasian Curlew, Courlis cendré, Zarapito real, maçarico-real
  Numenius borealis (J. R. Forster, 1772) -- valid -- Zarapito boreal, Eskimo Curlew, Courlis esquimau, Zarapito esquimal, maçarico-esquimó
  Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Far Eastern Curlew, Eastern Curlew, Courlis de Sibérie, Zarapito siberiano, maçarico-siberiano
  Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 -- valid -- Little Curlew, Courlis nain, Zarapito chico, maçarico-pequeno
  Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Zarapito trinador, Whimbrel, Courlis corlieu, Eurasian Whimbrel, maçarico-galego
  Numenius tahitiensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Bristle-thighed Curlew, Courlis d'Alaska, Zarapito del Pacífico, maçarico-de-coxas-arrepiadas
  Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817 -- valid -- Slender-billed Curlew, Courlis à bec grêle, Zarapito fino, maçarico-de-bico-fino
  Numida Linnaeus, 1764 -- valid -- Guineafowl
  Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pintade de Numidie, Pintada común, pintada, Helmeted Guineafowl
  Numidinae -- invalid -- Guineafowl
  Nyctea Stephens, 1826 -- invalid -- Snowy Owls
  Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- snowy owl, harfang des neiges
  Nyctibiidae -- valid -- Potoos
  Nyctibius Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Potoos
  Nyctibius griseus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Common Potoo, Bienparado norteño
  Nycticeius Rafinesque, 1819 -- valid -- evening bats
  Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818) -- valid -- Murciélago-crepuscular americano, Evening Bat, North American Evening Bat
  Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817 -- valid -- Night-Herons
  Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Rufous Night Heron, Nankeen Night Heron
  Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pedrete corona negra, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Bihoreau gris
  Nyctidromus Gould, 1838 -- valid -- Pauraques
  Nyctidromus albicollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Common Pauraque, Chotacabras pauraque, Pauraque
  Nyctinomops Miller, 1902 -- valid
  Nyctinomops femorosaccus (Merriam, 1889) -- valid -- Murciélago-cola suelta de bolsa, Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
  Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1840) -- valid -- Murciélago-cola suelta mayor, Big Free-tailed Bat
  Oceanites Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840 -- valid -- Wilson's Storm-Petrels
  Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) -- valid -- Wilson's Storm Petrel, Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Paíño de Wilson, Océanite de Wilson
  Oceanodroma Reichenbach, 1853 -- valid -- Dark Storm Petrels
  Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt, 1851) -- valid -- Paíño de Harcourt, Band-rumped Storm Petrel, Océanite de Castro, Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
  Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, Océanite à queue fourchue
  Oceanodroma homochroa (Coues, 1864) -- valid -- Paíño cenizo, Ashy Storm Petrel, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Océanite cendré
  Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) -- valid -- Paíño de Leach, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm Petrel, Océanite cul-blanc
  Oceanodroma melania (Bonaparte, 1854) -- valid -- Paíño negro, Black Storm Petrel, Océanite noir, Black Storm-Petrel
  Oceanodroma microsoma (Coues, 1864) -- valid -- Least Storm-Petrel, Paíño mínimo, Océanite minute, Least Storm Petrel
  Oceanodroma tethys (Bonaparte, 1852) -- valid -- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, Paíño de Galápagos, Océanite téthys, Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel
  Oceanodroma tristrami Salvin, 1896 -- valid -- Sooty Storm-Petrel, Tristram's Storm Petrel, Océanite de Tristram, Tristram's Storm-Petrel
  Ochotona Link, 1795 -- valid -- Pikas
  Ochotona collaris (Nelson, 1893) -- valid -- Collared Pika
  Ochotona princeps (Richardson, 1828) -- valid -- American Pika, Cony, Rock Rabbit, Hay-maker, Mouse Hare, Piping Hare, Whistling Hare, Little Chief Hare, Southern Pika
  Ochotonidae Thomas, 1897 -- valid -- Pikas
  Ochrotomys Osgood, 1909 -- valid -- Golden Mice
  Ochrotomys nuttalli (Harlan, 1832) -- valid -- Golden Mouse
  Odobenidae Allen, 1880 -- valid -- walruses
  Odobenus Brisson, 1762 -- valid -- walruses
  Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Walrus, morse
  Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832 -- valid -- mule deer, white-tailed deer
  Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque, 1817) -- valid -- mule deer, Venado bura, Mule Deer
  Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- white-tailed deer, Venado cola blanca, cerf de Virginie, White-tailed Deer
  Odocoileus virginianus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- white-tailed deer
  Odontoceti Flower, 1867 -- valid -- toothed whales
  Odontophoridae -- valid -- New World Quails
  Oenanthe Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Wheatears
  Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Collalba norteña, Northern Wheatear, traquet motteux
  Ondatra Link, 1795 -- valid -- muskrats, Muskrat
  Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Muskbeaver, rat musqué, Muskrat, Common Muskrat
  Onychomys Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Grasshopper Mice
  Onychomys arenicola Mearns, 1896 -- valid -- Mearns's Grasshopper Mouse, Mearns' Grasshopper Mouse, Ratón-saltamontes arenero, Chihuahuan Grasshopper Mouse
  Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied, 1841) -- valid -- Ratón-saltamontes norteño, Northern Grasshopper Mouse
  Onychomys torridus (Coues, 1874) -- valid -- Ratón-saltamontes sureño, Southern Grasshopper Mouse
  Opheodrys Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Green Snakes, Greensnakes
  Opheodrys aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Rough Green Snake, Rough Greensnake, Culebra-verde rugosa
  Ophisaurus Daudin, 1803 -- valid -- Glass Lizards
  Ophisaurus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880 -- valid -- Slender Glass Lizard
  Ophisaurus compressus Cope, 1900 -- valid -- Island Glass Lizard
  Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Eastern Glass Lizard
  Oporornis S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Mourning Warblers
  Oporornis agilis (A. Wilson, 1812) -- valid -- Paruline à gorge grise, Connecticut Warbler
  Oporornis formosus (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Chipe patilludo, Kentucky Warbler, paruline du Kentucky
  Oporornis philadelphia (A. Wilson, 1810) -- invalid -- Chipe enlutado, Mourning Warbler, paruline triste
  Oporornis tolmiei (J. K. Townsend, 1839) -- invalid -- MacGillivray's Warbler, Chipe de Tolmie
  Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860 -- valid -- killer whales
  Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Killer Whale, orca, Orca común, épaulard
  Oreamnos Rafinesque, 1817 -- valid -- mountain goats
  Oreamnos americanus (Blainville, 1816) -- valid -- Rocky Mountain goat, mountain goat, Mountain Goat
  Oreomystis Stejneger, 1903 -- valid -- Oreomystine Creepers
  Oreomystis bairdi (Stejneger, 1887) -- valid -- Kauai Creeper, Akikiki
  Oreomystis mana (S. B. Wilson, 1891) -- invalid -- Hawaii Creeper
  Oreortyx S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Mountain Quails
  Oreortyx pictus (Douglas, 1829) -- valid -- Colin des montagnes, Colín serrano, colim-serrano, Codorniz de montaña, Mountain Quail
  Oreoscoptes S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Sage Thrashers
  Oreoscoptes montanus (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- valid -- Sage Thrasher, Cuitlacoche de chías
  Ortalis Merrem, 1786 -- valid -- Chachalacas
  Ortalis vetula (Wagler, 1830) -- valid -- Ortalide chacamel, Chachalaca norteña, aracuã-de-asas-azuis, Plain Chachalaca, Chachalaca vetula
  Orthorhyncus Lacépède, 1799 -- valid -- Crested Hummingbirds
  Orthorhyncus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Antillean Crested Hummingbird
  Oryctolagus Lilljeborg, 1873 -- valid -- Old World rabbits
  Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- European Rabbit, Wild Rabbit, Conejo
  Oryzomys Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Rice Rats
  Oryzomys couesi (Alston, 1877) -- valid -- Coues's Rice Rat, Coues' Rice Rat, Rata-arrocera de Coues, Coues' Oryzomys
  Oryzomys palustris (Harlan, 1837) -- valid -- Rata-arrocera de pantano, Marsh Rice Rat, Marsh Oryzomys
  Oryzomys palustris palustris (Harlan, 1837) -- invalid -- Marsh Rice Rat
  Otariidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- eared seals, sea lions
  Otus Pennant, 1769 -- valid -- Scops-Owls
  Otus asio (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Tecolote oriental, Eastern Screech-Owl, petit-duc maculé
  Otus flammeolus (Kaup, 1852) -- invalid -- Flammulated Owl, Tecolote ojo oscuro
  Otus nudipes (Daudin, 1800) -- invalid -- Puerto Rican Screech-Owl
  Otus sunia (Hodgson, 1836) -- valid -- Oriental Scops-Owl, Oriental Scops Owl
  Otus trichopsis (Wagler, 1832) -- invalid -- Whiskered Screech-Owl, Tecolote rítmico
  Ovibos Blainville, 1816 -- valid -- muskoxen
  Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- oomingmak, muskox, boeuf musqué, Muskox
  Ovis Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- sheep
  Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804 -- valid -- bighorn sheep, Borrego cimarrón, Bighorn Sheep
  Ovis dalli Nelson, 1884 -- valid -- Dall's sheep, Fannin's sheep, Stone's sheep, dall sheep, Dall's Sheep
  Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Vine Snakes, Vinesnakes
  Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) -- valid -- Brown Vine Snake, Brown Vinesnake, Culebra-bejuquilla mexicana, Mexican Vine Snake
  Oxyura Bonaparte, 1828 -- valid -- Stiff-tailed Ducks
  Oxyura dominica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Masked Duck, Pato enmascarado
  Oxyura jamaicensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Pato tepalcate, Ruddy Duck, Érismature rousse, Malvasía canela, pato-rabo-alçado-americano
  Pachyramphus G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Becards
  Pachyramphus aglaiae (Lafresnaye, 1839) -- valid -- Rose-throated Becard, Mosquero-cabezón degollado
  Padda Reichenbach, 1850 -- invalid
  Padda oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Java Sparrow
  Pagophila eburnea (Phipps, 1774) -- valid -- Ivory Gull, Mouette blanche, Gaviota marfileña, gaivota-marfim
  Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 -- valid -- Crested Honeycreepers
  Palmeria dolei (S. B. Wilson, 1891) -- valid -- 'Akohekohe, Crested Honeycreeper, Akohekohe
  Pandion Savigny, 1809 -- valid -- Ospreys
  Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gavilán pescador, Osprey, Balbuzard pêcheur, Western Osprey
  Panthera Oken, 1816 -- valid -- roaring cats
  Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Jaguar, Jaguar
  Pappogeomys Merriam, 1895 -- valid -- tuzas, Mexican Pocket Gophers
  Pappogeomys castanops (Baird, 1852) -- invalid -- Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher
  Parabuteo Ridgway, 1874 -- valid -- Harris' Hawks
  Parabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) -- valid -- Aguililla rojinegra, Harris' Hawk, Harris's Hawk, Buse de Harris
  Parascalops True, 1894 -- valid -- hairy-tailed moles
  Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842) -- valid -- Brewer's mole, taupe à queue velue, Hairy-tailed Mole
  Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856 -- valid -- Spotted Rails
  Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Spotted Rail, Rascón pinto
  Paridae Vigors, 1825 -- valid -- Chickadees, Titmice, Tits
  Paroaria Bonaparte, 1832 -- valid -- Neotropical Cardinals
  Paroaria capitata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) -- valid -- Paroare à bec jaune, Cardenilla piquigualda, cavalaria, Yellow-billed Cardinal
  Paroaria coronata (J. F. Miller, 1776) -- valid -- Paroare huppé, Cardenilla crestada, cardeal, Red-crested Cardinal
  Paroreomyza Perkins, 1901 -- valid -- Paroreomyzine Creepers
  Paroreomyza flammea (S. B. Wilson, 1890) -- valid -- Kakawahie, Molokai Creeper
  Paroreomyza maculata (Cabanis, 1850) -- valid -- Alauwahio, Oahu Creeper, Oahu Alauahio
  Paroreomyza montana (S. B. Wilson, 1890) -- valid -- Maui Creeper, Maui Alauahio
  Parula Bonaparte, 1838 -- invalid -- Parulas
  Parula americana (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Parula norteña, Northern Parula, paruline à collier
  Parula pitiayumi (Vieillot, 1817) -- invalid -- Parula tropical, Tropical Parula
  Parus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Titmice, Tits
  Parus atricapillus Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Black-capped Chickadee
  Parus bicolor Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Tufted Titmouse, Carbonero cresta negra
  Parus carolinensis Audubon, 1834 -- invalid -- Carolina Chickadee
  Parus cinctus Boddaert, 1783 -- invalid -- Siberian Tit
  Parus gambeli Ridgway, 1886 -- invalid -- Mountain Chickadee, Carbonero ceja blanca
  Parus hudsonicus J. R. Forster, 1772 -- invalid -- Boreal Chickadee
  Parus inornatus Gambel, 1845 -- invalid -- Plain Titmouse, Carbonero sencillo
  Parus rufescens J. K. Townsend, 1837 -- invalid -- Chestnut-backed Chickadee
  Parus sclateri O. Kleinschmidt, 1897 -- invalid -- Mexican Chickadee, Carbonero mexicano
  Parus wollweberi (Bonaparte, 1850) -- invalid -- Bridled Titmouse, Carbonero embridado
  Passer Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Old World Sparrows
  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gorrión casero, House Sparrow, moineau domestique
  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Eurasian Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow
  Passerculus Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Savannah Sparrows
  Passerculus sandwichensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Chingolo sabanero, tico-tico-dos-prados, Savannah Sparrow, Gorrión sabanero, bruant des prés
  Passerella Swainson, 1837 -- valid -- Fox Sparrows
  Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786) -- valid -- Chingolo zorruno, tico-tico-raposino, Red Fox-sparrow, Fox Sparrow, bruant fauve, Gorrión rascador, Red Fox Sparrow
  Passeriformes -- valid -- Perching Birds, passereaux
  Passerina Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Varied Buntings
  Passerina amoena (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Lazuli Bunting, Colorín lázuli
  Passerina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Colorín sietecolores, Painted Bunting
  Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Indigo Bunting, passerin indigo, Colorín azul
  Passerina versicolor (Bonaparte, 1838) -- valid -- Varied Bunting, Colorín morado
  Pavo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Peafowl
  Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Paon bleu, Pavo real común, pavão-azul, Common Peafowl, Indian Peafowl
  Pedioecetes Baird, 1858 -- invalid
  Pedioecetes phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Sharp-tailed Grouse
  Pelagodroma Reichenbach, 1853 -- valid -- White-faced Storm Petrel
  Pelagodroma marina (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- White-faced Storm Petrel, Océanite frégate, White-faced Storm-Petrel
  Pelamis Daudin, 1803 -- invalid -- Yellow-bellied Sea Snakes, Yellow-bellied Seasnakes
  Pelamis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, Yellow-bellied Seasnake, Serpiente-marina pelágica
  Pelecanidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- Pelicans
  Pelecaniformes -- valid -- Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons
  Pelecanus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Pelicans
  Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824 -- valid -- Australian Pelican
  Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Pelícano blanco, American White Pelican, Pélican d'Amérique
  Pelecanus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- Pelícano pardo, Brown Pelican, Pélican brun
  Peltophryne lemur Cope, 1869 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Ridge-headed Toad
  Peponocephala Nishiwaki and Norris, 1966 -- valid -- melon-headed whales
  Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) -- valid -- Melon-headed Whale, Calderón, electra dolphin
  Perdix Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Gray Partridges
  Perdix perdix (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Perdiz pardilla, charrela, Gray Partridge, perdrix grise, Grey Partridge
  Perisoreus Bonaparte, 1831 -- valid -- Gray Jays
  Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Gray Jay, mésangeai du Canada, Grey Jay
  Perochirus Boulenger, 1885 -- valid -- Polynesian Geckos, Micronesian Geckos
  Perochirus ateles (Duméril, 1856) -- valid -- Fragile Polynesian Gecko, Fragile Micronesian Gecko
  Perochirus scutellatus (Fischer, 1882) -- valid -- Giant Micronesian Gecko
  Perognathus Wied-Neuwied, 1839 -- valid -- pocket mice, Silky Pocket Mice
  Perognathus alticola Rhoads, 1894 -- invalid -- White-eared Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus amplus Osgood, 1900 -- valid -- Ratón-de abazones de Arizona, Arizona Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus baileyi Merriam, 1894 -- invalid -- Bailey's pocket mouse
  Perognathus californicus Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- California pocket mouse
  Perognathus fallax Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- San Diego pocket mouse
  Perognathus fasciatus Wied-Neuwied, 1839 -- valid -- Olive-backed Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus flavescens Merriam, 1889 -- valid -- Ratón-de abazones de pradera, Plains Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus flavus Baird, 1855 -- valid -- Ratón-de abazones sedoso, Silky Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus formosus Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- long-tailed pocket mouse
  Perognathus hispidus Baird, 1858 -- invalid -- hispid pocket mouse
  Perognathus inornatus Merriam, 1889 -- valid -- San Joaquin Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus intermedius Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- rock pocket mouse
  Perognathus longimembris (Coues, 1875) -- valid -- Ratón-de abazones menor, Little Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus nelsoni Merriam, 1894 -- invalid -- Nelson's pocket mouse
  Perognathus parvus (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Great Basin Pocket Mouse
  Perognathus penicillatus Woodhouse, 1852 -- invalid -- desert pocket mouse
  Perognathus spinatus Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- spiny pocket mouse
  Perognathus xanthonotus Grinnell, 1912 -- invalid -- Yellow-eared Pocket Mouse
  Peromyscus Gloger, 1841 -- valid -- Deer Mice, White-footed Mice
  Peromyscus attwateri J. A. Allen, 1895 -- valid -- Texas mouse, Texas Deermouse, Attwater's Mouse
  Peromyscus boylii (Baird, 1855) -- valid -- Ratón arbustero, Brush Mouse, Brush Deermouse
  Peromyscus californicus (Gambel, 1848) -- valid -- Ratón californiano, California Deermouse, California Mouse
  Peromyscus crinitus (Merriam, 1891) -- valid -- Ratón de cañada, Canyon Mouse, Canyon Deermouse
  Peromyscus difficilis (J. A. Allen, 1891) -- valid -- Zacatecan Deer Mouse, Ratón de roca, Southern Rock Deermouse, Rock Mouse
  Peromyscus eremicus (Baird, 1857) -- valid -- Ratón de cactus, Cactus Mouse, Cactus Deermouse
  Peromyscus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1853) -- valid -- Cotton Mouse, Cotton Deermouse
  Peromyscus gossypinus gossypinus (Le Conte, 1853) -- invalid -- cotton mouse
  Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) -- valid -- souris à pattes blanches, White-footed Deermouse, White-footed Mouse
  Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845) -- valid -- Ratón norteamericano, souris sylvestre, Deer Mouse, North American Deermouse
  Peromyscus melanotis J. A. Allen and Chapman, 1897 -- valid -- Ratón orejas negras, Black-eared Deermouse, Black-eared Mouse
  Peromyscus merriami Mearns, 1896 -- valid -- Mesquite Mouse, Ratón de Merriam, Merriam's Mouse, Merriam's Deermouse
  Peromyscus pectoralis Osgood, 1904 -- valid -- Ratón tobillo blanco, White-ankled Deermouse, White-ankled Mouse
  Peromyscus polionotus (Wagner, 1843) -- valid -- Oldfield Mouse, Oldfield Deermouse
  Peromyscus polionotus polionotus (Wagner, 1843) -- invalid -- Oldfield Mouse
  Peromyscus sitkensis Merriam, 1897 -- invalid -- Sitka mouse
  Peromyscus truei (Shufeldt, 1885) -- valid -- piñon mouse, Pinyon Mouse, Ratón piñonero, Piñon Deermouse
  Petrogale Gray, 1837 -- valid -- rock wallabies
  Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1827) -- valid -- brush-tailed rock wallaby, Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
  Petrosaurus Boulenger, 1885 -- valid -- Rock Lizards
  Petrosaurus mearnsi (Stejneger, 1894) -- valid -- Banded Rock Lizard, Lagartija-de piedra rayada
  Peucedramus Coues, 1875 -- valid -- Olive Warblers
  Peucedramus taeniatus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) -- valid -- Olive Warbler, Ocotero enmascarado
  Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton, 1961 -- valid -- Red Hills Salamander
  Phaeoprogne Baird, 1865 -- invalid
  Phaeoprogne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Brown-chested Martin
  Phaethon Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Tropicbirds
  Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Rabijunco pico rojo, Phaéton à bec rouge, Red-billed Tropicbird
  Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802 -- valid -- Rabijunco cola blanca, Phaéton à bec jaune, White-tailed Tropicbird
  Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 -- valid -- Rabijunco cola roja, Phaéton à brins rouges, Red-tailed Tropicbird
  Phaethontidae J. F. von Brandt, 1840 -- valid -- Tropicbirds
  Phainopepla S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Phainopeplas
  Phainopepla nitens (Swainson, 1838) -- valid -- Phainopepla, Capulinero negro
  Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1849 -- valid -- Cormorants, Shags
  Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Cormorants
  Phalacrocorax auritus (Lesson, 1831) -- valid -- Cormorán orejudo, Double-crested Cormorant, Cormoran à aigrettes
  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Great Cormorant, Grand Cormoran
  Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817) -- invalid -- Little Pied Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax olivaceus (Humboldt, 1805) -- invalid
  Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811 -- valid -- Pelagic Cormorant, Cormorán pelágico, Cormoran pélagique
  Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt, 1837) -- valid -- Brandt's Cormorant, Cormorán de Brandt, Cormoran de Brandt
  Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Red-faced Cormorant, Cormoran à face rouge
  Phalaenoptilus Ridgway, 1880 -- valid -- Poorwills
  Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (Audubon, 1844) -- valid -- Tapacamino tevíi, Common Poorwill
  Phalaropus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Phalaropes
  Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red Phalarope, Falaropo pico grueso, Phalarope à bec large, Falaropo picogrueso, falaropo-de-bico-grosso, Grey Phalarope
  Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red-necked Phalarope, Falaropo cuello rojo, Phalarope à bec étroit, Falaropo picofino, falaropo-de-bico-fino
  Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819) -- valid -- Falaropo pico largo, Wilson's Phalarope, Phalarope de Wilson, Falaropo tricolor, pisa-n'água
  Phasianidae -- valid -- Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, cailles, faisans
  Phasianinae -- invalid -- Pheasants
  Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Pheasants
  Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Faisan de Colchide, Faisán vulgar, faisão, Common Pheasant, Ring-necked Pheasant, faisan de chasse, Faisán de collar
  Phenacomys Merriam, 1889 -- valid -- Heather Voles
  Phenacomys intermedius Merriam, 1889 -- valid -- phénacomys, Western Heather Vole, Heather Vole
  Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 -- valid -- Cardinal-Grosbeaks
  Pheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Picogordo pecho rosa, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, cardinal à poitrine rose
  Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Black-headed Grosbeak, Picogordo tigrillo
  Philodice Mulsant & J. Verreaux, 1866 -- invalid
  Philomachus Merrem, 1804 -- invalid -- Ruffs
  Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Ruff, combatant varié, Combattant varié
  Phoca Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- hair seals, harbor seals
  Phoca fasciata Zimmermann, 1783 -- invalid -- ribbon seal
  Phoca groenlandica Erxleben, 1777 -- invalid -- harp seal, phoque du Groenland
  Phoca hispida Schreber, 1775 -- invalid -- ringed seal, phoque annelé
  Phoca largha Pallas, 1811 -- valid -- Spotted Seal, largha seal
  Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Harbor Seal, phoque commun, Foca común, common seal
  Phocidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- earless seals, true seals
  Phocoena G. Cuvier, 1816 -- valid -- common porpoises, harbor porpoises
  Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Harbor Porpoise, common porpoise, marsouin commun
  Phocoenoides Andrews, 1911 -- valid -- Dall's porpoises
  Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 -- valid -- Flamingos
  Phoenicopteriformes -- valid -- Flamingos, flamants
  Phoenicopterus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Greater Flamingos
  Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Flamenco americano, Greater Flamingo, flamant rose, Flamant des Caraïbes, American Flamingo
  Phrynosoma Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Horned Lizards
  Phrynosoma cornutum (Harlan, 1825) -- valid -- Texas Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda texana
  Phrynosoma coronatum (Blainville, 1835) -- valid -- Coast Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda de litoral
  Phrynosoma douglassii (Bell, 1829) -- invalid -- Short-horned Lizard
  Phrynosoma mcallii (Hallowell, 1852) -- valid -- Flat-tailed Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda cola plana, Flat-tail Horned Lizard
  Phrynosoma modestum Girard in Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Round-tailed Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda cola redonda, Roundtail Horned Lizard
  Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard in Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Desert Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda de desierto
  Phrynosoma solare Gray, 1845 -- valid -- Regal Horned Lizard, Lagartija-cornuda real
  Phyllodactylus Gray, 1828 -- valid -- Leaf-toed Geckos
  Phyllodactylus wirshingi Kerster and H. Smith, 1955 -- valid -- Greater Antillean Leaf-toed Gecko
  Phyllodactylus xanti Cope, 1863 -- valid -- Salamanquesa del Cabo, Xantus Leaf-toed Gecko
  Phyllorhynchus Stejneger, 1890 -- valid -- Leaf-nosed Snakes
  Phyllorhynchus browni Stejneger, 1890 -- valid -- Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz lanceolada ensillada, Saddled Leafnose Snake, Pima Leafnose Snake, Maricopa Leafnose Snake
  Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (Cope, 1868) -- valid -- Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake, Culebra-nariz lanceolada pinta, Spotted Leafnose Snake
  Phylloscopus F. Boie, 1826 -- valid -- Willow Warblers
  Phylloscopus borealis (J. H. Blasius, 1858) -- valid -- Arctic Warbler
  Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth, 1842) -- valid -- Dusky Warbler
  Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein, 1793) -- invalid -- Wood Warbler
  Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- New World leaf-nosed bats
  Physeter Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- sperm whales
  Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- Sperm Whale
  Physeteridae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- sperm whales
  Pica Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Magpies
  Pica nuttalli (Audubon, 1837) -- valid -- Yellow-billed Magpie
  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Black-billed Magpie, pie bavarde, Eurasian Magpie
  Picidae -- valid -- Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, fourmiliers, pic-bois
  Piciformes -- valid -- Woodpeckers, pic-bois
  Picoides Lacépède, 1799 -- valid -- Pied Woodpeckers
  Picoides albolarvatus (Cassin, 1850) -- invalid -- White-headed Woodpecker
  Picoides arcticus (Swainson, 1832) -- valid -- Black-backed Woodpecker, pic à dos noir
  Picoides borealis (Vieillot, 1809) -- invalid -- Red-cockaded Woodpecker
  Picoides nuttallii (Gambel, 1843) -- invalid -- Nuttall's Woodpecker, Carpintero californiano
  Picoides pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Downy Woodpecker, pic mineur, Carpintero velloso-menor
  Picoides scalaris (Wagler, 1829) -- invalid -- Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Carpintero mexicano
  Picoides stricklandi (Malherbe, 1845) -- invalid -- Strickland's Woodpecker, Carpintero de Strickland
  Picoides tridactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Three-toed Woodpecker, pic tridactyle, Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
  Picoides villosus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Carpintero velloso-mayor, Hairy Woodpecker, pic chevelu
  Pinguinus Bonnaterre, 1791 -- valid -- Great Auks
  Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Great Auk, Grand Pingouin, Alca gigante, torda-grande
  Pinicola Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Pine Grosbeaks
  Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pine Grosbeak, durbec des sapins
  Pipilo Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Towhees
  Pipilo aberti S. F. Baird, 1852 -- invalid -- Abert's Towhee, Toquí enmascarado
  Pipilo chlorurus (Audubon, 1839) -- valid -- Toquí coliverde, Toquí cola verde, Green-tailed Towhee, tohi à queue verte
  Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Toquí flanquirrufo, pipilo-d'olho-vermelho, Rufous-sided Towhee, Toquí pinto, Eastern Towhee, tohi à flancs roux
  Pipilo fuscus Swainson, 1827 -- invalid -- Brown Towhee, Toquí pardo, Canyon Towhee
  Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- pipistrelles
  Pipistrellus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864) -- invalid -- Pipistrelo del oeste americano, Western Pipistrelle
  Pipistrellus subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832) -- invalid -- Pipistrelo del este americano, pipistrelle de l'est, Eastern Pipistrelle
  Piranga Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Northern Tanagers
  Piranga bidentata Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Flame-colored Tanager, Tángara dorso rayado
  Piranga flava (Vieillot, 1822) -- valid -- Tángara encinera, Hepatic Tanager, Red Tanager
  Piranga ludoviciana (A. Wilson, 1811) -- valid -- Western Tanager, tangara à tête rouge, Tángara capucha roja
  Piranga olivacea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Tángara escarlata, Scarlet Tanager, tangara écarlate
  Piranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Summer Tanager, tangara vermillon, Tángara roja
  Pitangus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Kiskadees
  Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Great Kiskadee, Luis bienteveo
  Pitohui Lesson, 1831 -- valid -- Morning Birds
  Pitohui tenebrosus (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868) -- invalid -- Palau Morning Bird
  Pituophis Holbrook, 1842 -- valid -- Bullsnakes, Gopher Snakes, Pine Snakes, Pinesnakes, Gophersnakes
  Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin, 1803) -- valid -- Pine Snake, Pinesnake, Culebra-sorda toro, Eastern Pine Snake, Eastern Pinesnake
  Plecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818 -- valid -- big-eared bats
  Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson, 1827 -- invalid -- Rafinesque's big-eared bat
  Plecotus townsendii Cooper, 1837 -- invalid -- Townsend's big-eared bat
  Plectrophenax Stejneger, 1882 -- valid -- Snow Buntings
  Plectrophenax hyperboreus Ridgway, 1884 -- valid -- McKay's Bunting
  Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Snow Bunting, bruant des neiges
  Plegadis Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Glossy Ibises
  Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Ibis cara oscura, Glossy Ibis, Ibis falcinelle
  Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) -- valid -- Redback Salamander, salamandre rayée, Red-backed Salamander, Eastern Red-backed Salamander
  Plethodon dorsalis Cope, 1889 -- valid -- Zigzag Salamander, Zig-zag Salamander, Northern Zigzag Salamander
  Plethodon fourchensis Duncan and Highton, 1979 -- valid -- Fourche Mountain Salamander
  Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) -- valid -- Slimy Salamander, Northern Slimy Salamander
  Plethodon jordani Blatchley, 1901 -- valid -- Appalachian Salamander, Jordan's Salamander, Red-cheeked Salamander
  Plethodon kentucki Mittleman, 1951 -- valid -- Kentucky Salamander, Cumberland Plateau Salamander
  Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938 -- valid -- Cheat Mountain Salamander
  Plethodon punctatus Highton, 1972 -- valid -- White-spotted Salamander, White Spotted Salamander, Cow Knob Salamander
  Plethodon shenandoah Highton and Worthington, 1967 -- valid -- Shenandoah Salamander
  Plethodon websteri Highton, 1979 -- valid -- Webster's Salamander
  Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 -- valid -- Lungless Salamanders
  Ploceidae Sundevall, 1836 -- valid -- Bishops, Weavers, Widowbirds
  Pluvialis Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Golden-Plovers
  Pluvialis apricaria (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Greater Golden-Plover, European Golden-Plover, European Golden Plover, Pluvier doré, Chorlito dorado europeo, tarambola-dourada, Eurasian Golden Plover
  Pluvialis dominica (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) -- valid -- Lesser Golden-Plover, Chorlo dominico, American Golden-Plover, pluvier doré d'Amérique, American Golden Plover, Pluvier bronzé, Chorlito dorado americano, batuiruçu
  Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Chorlo gris, Black-bellied Plover, Grey Plover, Pluvier argenté, Chorlito gris, batuiruçu-de-axila-preta, tarambola-cinzenta
  Podiceps Latham, 1787 -- valid -- Typical Grebes
  Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Zambullidor cornudo, Grèbe esclavon, Horned Grebe
  Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Grèbe jougris, Red-necked Grebe
  Podiceps nigricollis C. L. Brehm, 1831 -- valid -- Zambullidor orejudo, Eared Grebe, Grèbe à cou noir, Black-necked Grebe
  Podicipedidae Bonaparte, 1831 -- valid -- Grebes
  Podicipediformes -- valid -- Grebes, grèbes
  Podomys Osgood, 1909 -- valid -- Florida mice
  Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889) -- valid -- Florida mouse, Florida Deermouse
  Poecile cinctus (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Gray-headed Chickadee, Siberian Tit
  Poliolimnas Sharpe, 1893 -- invalid -- White-browed Rails
  Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot, 1819) -- invalid -- White-browed Rail
  Polioptila P. L. Sclater, 1855 -- valid -- Gnatcatchers
  Polioptila caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Perlita azulgris, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, gobemoucherons gris-bleu, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
  Polioptila melanura Lawrence, 1857 -- valid -- Perlita del desierto, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
  Polioptila nigriceps S. F. Baird, 1864 -- valid -- Black-capped Gnatcatcher, Perlita sinaloense
  Polyborus Vieillot, 1816 -- invalid -- Caracaras
  Polyborus plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777) -- invalid -- Crested Caracara
  Polysticta Eyton, 1836 -- valid -- Steller's Eiders
  Polysticta stelleri (Pallas, 1769) -- valid -- Steller's Eider, Eider de Steller, Éider menor, êider-de-steller
  Pooecetes S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Vesper Sparrows
  Pooecetes gramineus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Chingolo coliblanco, Gorrión cola blanca, Vesper Sparrow, bruant vespéral
  Porphyrio Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Swamphens
  Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Purple Swamphen
  Porphyrula Blyth, 1852 -- invalid -- Gallinules
  Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Gallineta morada, Purple Gallinule, talève violacée
  Porzana Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Soras
  Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Polluela sora, Sora, marouette de Caroline
  Porzana flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Yellow-breasted Crake, Polluela pecho amarillo
  Porzana monasa (Kittlitz, 1858) -- valid -- Kosrae Rail
  Porzana palmeri (Frohawk, 1892) -- valid -- Laysan Rail
  Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Spotted Crake
  Porzana sandwichensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Hawaiian Rail
  Porzana tabuensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Sooty Rail, Spotless Crake
  Procellariidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- fulmars, pétrels, Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters
  Procellariiformes -- valid -- Tube-nosed Swimmers, albatros, tubinares, pétrels
  Procelsterna Lafresnaye, 1842 -- invalid -- Blue-gray Noddys
  Procyon Storr, 1780 -- valid -- raccoons
  Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Raccoon, Mapache común, common raccoon, raton laveur, Northern Raccoon
  Procyonidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- procyonids
  Progne F. Boie, 1826 -- valid
  Progne chalybea (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Gray-breasted Martin, Golondrina acerada, Grey-breasted Martin
  Progne cryptoleuca S. F. Baird, 1865 -- valid -- Cuban Martin
  Progne dominicensis (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Caribbean Martin
  Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Golondrina azulnegra, Purple Martin, hirondelle noire
  Proteidae Gray, 1825 -- invalid -- Mudpuppies, Olms, Waterdogs
  Protonotaria S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Prothonotary Warblers
  Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Chipe dorado, Paruline orangée, Prothonotary Warbler
  Prunella Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Accentors
  Prunella montanella (Pallas, 1776) -- valid -- Siberian Accentor
  Prunellidae Richmond, 1908 -- valid -- Accentors
  Psaltriparus Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Bushtits
  Psaltriparus minimus (J. K. Townsend, 1837) -- valid -- Bushtit, Sastrecillo, American Bushtit
  Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Chorus Frogs, Spring Peepers
  Pseudacris regilla (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Northern Pacific Treefrog, Rana-de coro del pacífico, Pacific Chorus Frog, Pacific Treefrog
  Pseudemys Gray, 1856 -- valid -- red-bellied turtles, Cooters, cooter turtles
  Pseudemys alabamensis Baur, 1893 -- valid -- Alabama red-bellied turtle, Alabama Red-bellied Cooter
  Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830) -- valid -- River Cooter
  Pseudemys floridana (Le Conte, 1830) -- invalid -- Common Cooter
  Pseudemys nelsoni Carr, 1938 -- valid -- Florida Red-bellied Cooter
  Pseudemys rubriventris (Le Conte, 1830) -- valid -- red-bellied turtle, American red-bellied turtle, Northern Red-bellied Cooter
  Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824) -- valid -- Dwarf Siren, Mud Siren, Northern Dwarf Siren
  Pseudonestor Rothschild, 1893 -- valid -- Pseudonestors
  Pseudonestor xanthophrys Rothschild, 1893 -- valid -- Maui Honeycreeper, Maui Parrotbill, Kiwikiu
  Pseudorca Reinhardt, 1862 -- valid -- false killer whales
  Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) -- valid -- False Killer Whale, Orca-falsa
  Pseudotriton Tschudi, 1838 -- valid -- Mud Salamanders, Red Salamanders
  Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801) -- valid -- Red Salamander
  Psittacidae -- valid -- Macaws, Parrots, aras, perroquets
  Psittaciformes -- valid -- Parrots, perroquets
  Psittacula Cuvier, 1800 -- valid -- Rose-ringed Parakeets
  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) -- valid -- Rose-ringed Parakeet, Perruche à collier, Cotorra de Kramer, periquito-rabijunco
  Psittirostra Temminck, 1820 -- valid -- 'O'us
  Pternohyla fodiens Boulenger, 1882 -- invalid -- Lowland Burrowing Treefrog, Rana-de árbol de tierras bajas
  Pterocles Temminck, 1815 -- valid -- Sandgrouse
  Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 -- valid -- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Ganga à ventre brun
  Pteroclididae -- valid -- Sandgrouse
  Pteronotus Gray, 1838 -- valid -- moustached bats, naked-backed bats
  Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843) -- valid -- Parnell's Mustached Bat, Murciélago-bigotudo de Parnell, Common Mustached Bat, Parnell's Common Mustached Bat
  Pteronotus quadridens (Gundlach, 1840) -- valid -- Sooty Mustached Bat
  Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- flying foxes, Old World fruit bats, megabats, non-echolocating bats
  Pteropus Brisson, 1762 -- valid -- flying foxes
  Pteropus admiralitatum Thomas, 1894 -- valid -- Admiralty Flying Fox
  Pteropus insularis Hombron and Jacquinot in Jacquinot and Pucheran, 1853 -- invalid -- Truk Flying Fox, Ruck Flying Fox
  Pteropus mariannus Desmarest, 1822 -- valid -- Mariana Flying Fox, Mariana Fruit Bat, Marianas Flying Fox
  Pteropus molossinus Temminck, 1853 -- valid -- Ponape Flying Fox, Caroline Flying Fox, Pohnpei Flying Fox
  Pteropus phaeocephalus Thomas, 1882 -- invalid -- Mortlock Flying Fox, Mortlock Fruit Bat
  Pteropus pilosus K. Andersen, 1908 -- valid -- large Palau flying fox, Palau flying fox, Large Pelew Flying Fox
  Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848 -- valid -- Samoa Flying Fox, Samoan Flying Fox, Common Samoan Flying Fox
  Pteropus tokudae Tate, 1934 -- valid -- Tokuda's Flying Fox, Guam Flying Fox, Little Mariana Fruit Bat
  Ptilinopus Swainson, 1825 -- valid -- Fruit-Doves
  Ptilinopus pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 -- valid -- Palau Fruit-Dove, Palau Fruit Dove
  Ptilinopus perousii Peale, 1849 -- valid -- Many-colored Fruit-Dove, Many-colored Fruit Dove
  Ptilinopus porphyraceus (Temminck, 1821) -- valid -- Purple-capped Fruit-Dove, Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove
  Ptilinopus roseicapilla (R. Lesson, 1831) -- valid -- Marianas Fruit-Dove, Mariana Fruit Dove
  Ptilogonatidae Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Silky-Flycatchers
  Ptychoramphus J. F. Brandt, 1837 -- valid -- Cassin's Auklets
  Ptychoramphus aleuticus (Pallas, 1811) -- valid -- Cassin's Auklet, Alcuela oscura, Starique de Cassin, Mérgulo sombrío, mérgulo-sombrio
  Pycnonotidae G. R. Gray, 1840 -- valid -- Bulbuls
  Pycnonotus F. Boie, 1826 -- valid -- Bulbuls
  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Red-vented Bulbul
  Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red-whiskered Bulbul
  Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839 -- valid -- Vermilion Flycatchers
  Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Mosquero cardenal, Vermilion Flycatcher
  Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Eurasian Bullfinches
  Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Eurasian Bullfinch
  Pyrroglaux Yamashina, 1938 -- valid -- Palau Owls
  Pyrroglaux podargina (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) -- valid -- Palau Owl
  Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Grackles
  Quiscalus major Vieillot, 1819 -- valid -- Boat-tailed Grackle
  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Great-tailed Grackle, Zanate mexicano
  Quiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Greater Antillean Grackle
  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Grackle, quiscale bronzé
  Rallidae -- valid -- Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens
  Rallina G. R. Gray, 1846 -- valid -- Red-legged Crakes
  Rallina eurizonoides (Lafresnaye, 1845) -- valid -- Slaty-legged Crake
  Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822) -- valid -- Red-legged Crake
  Rallus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Greater Rails
  Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834 -- valid -- Rascón real, King Rail, râle élégant
  Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819 -- valid -- Rascón limícola, Virginia Rail, râle de Virginie
  Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783 -- valid -- Clapper Rail, Rascón picudo
  Rallus owstoni (Rothschild, 1895) -- invalid -- Guam Rail
  Rallus philippensis Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Banded Rail
  Rallus wakensis (Rothschild, 1903) -- invalid -- Wake Rail
  Ramphotyphlops Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Long-tailed Blind Snakes, Long Tailed Blindsnakes
  Rana aurora Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Red-legged Frog, Rana pata roja, Northern Red-legged Frog
  Rana berlandieri Baird, 1859 -- invalid -- Rio Grande Frog, Rio Grande Leopard Frog, Rana del Río Grande
  Rana cascadae Slater, 1939 -- valid -- Cascades Frog
  Rana chiricahuensis Platz and Mecham, 1979 -- invalid -- Chiricahua Leopard Frog, Rana de chiricahua
  Rana clamitans Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801 -- invalid -- Green Frog, grenouille verte
  Rana fisheri Stejneger, 1893 -- invalid -- Vegas Valley Leopard Frog
  Rana okaloosae Moler, 1985 -- invalid -- Florida Bog Frog
  Rana onca Cope in Yarrow, 1875 -- invalid -- Relict Leopard Frog
  Rana rugosa Temminck and Schlegel, 1838 -- invalid -- Wrinkled Frog
  Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886 -- invalid -- Southern Leopard Frog
  Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- European frog
  Rana utricularia sphenocephala Cope, 1886 -- invalid -- Florida Leopard Frog
  Rana yavapaiensis Platz and Frost, 1984 -- invalid -- Yavapai Frog, Lowland Leopard Frog, Rana de Yavapai, Yavapai Leopard Frog
  Rangifer C. H. Smith, 1827 -- valid -- caribou, reindeer
  Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- reindeer, caribou, caribou, Reindeer
  Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 -- invalid -- Ranids, Riparian Frogs, Ranid Frogs, True Frogs
  Rattus Fischer, 1803 -- valid -- Old World Rats
  Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) -- valid -- Polynesian rat, Little Rat, Pacific Rat
  Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) -- valid -- rat surmulot, Brown Rat, Norway Rat
  Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- rat noir, House Rat, Black Rat, Roof Rat
  Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Avocets
  Recurvirostra americana J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Avoceta americana, American Avocet, Avocette d'Amérique, alfaiate-de-pescoço-pardo
  Regina Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Crayfish Snakes, Crawfish Snakes
  Regina alleni (Garman, 1874) -- invalid -- Striped Crayfish Snake
  Regina grahamii Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Graham's Crayfish Snake, Graham's Crawfish Snake
  Regina rigida (Say, 1825) -- invalid
  Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) -- valid -- Queen Snake, Queensnake
  Regulus Cuvier, 1800 -- valid -- Kinglets
  Regulus calendula (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Reyezuelo de rojo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, roitelet à couronne rubis
  Regulus satrapa Lichtenstein, 1823 -- valid -- Reyezuelo de oro, Golden-crowned Kinglet, roitelet à couronne dorée
  Reithrodontomys Giglioli, 1874 -- valid -- Harvest Mice, American Harvest Mice
  Reithrodontomys fulvescens J. A. Allen, 1894 -- valid -- Ratón-cosechero leonado, Fulvous Harvest Mouse
  Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman, 1841) -- valid -- Eastern Harvest Mouse
  Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird, 1857) -- valid -- Ratón-cosechero común, Western Harvest Mouse
  Reithrodontomys montanus (Baird, 1855) -- valid -- Ratón-cosechero de pradera, Plains Harvest Mouse
  Reithrodontomys raviventris Dixon, 1908 -- valid -- Salt-marsh Harvest Mouse
  Remizidae Olphe-Galliard, 1891 -- valid -- Penduline Tits, Verdins
  Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- valid -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
  Rhadinaea Cope, 1863 -- valid -- Woodlands Snakes, Woodland Snakes, Littersnakes
  Rhadinaea flavilata (Cope, 1871) -- valid -- Pine Woods Snake, Pine Woods Littersnake
  Rhineura floridana (Baird, 1858) -- valid -- Florida Worm Lizard
  Rhinocheilus Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Long-nosed Snakes
  Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Long-nosed Snake, Culebra narigona, Longnose Snake, Western Long-nosed Snake
  Rhinophrynus Duméril and Bibron, 1841 -- valid -- Burrowing Toads
  Rhipidura Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 -- valid -- Fantails
  Rhipidura lepida Hartlaub & Finsch, 1868 -- valid -- Palau Fantail, Palau fantail flycatcher
  Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1802) -- valid -- Rufous-fronted Fantail, Rufous Fantail
  Rhodacanthis Rothschild, 1892 -- valid -- Koa-Finches
  Rhodacanthis flaviceps Rothschild, 1892 -- valid -- Lesser Koa-Finch, Lesser Koa Finch
  Rhodacanthis palmeri Rothschild, 1892 -- valid -- Greater Koa-Finch, Greater Koa Finch
  Rhodothraupis Ridgway, 1898 -- valid -- Crimson-collared Grosbeaks
  Rhodothraupis celaeno (Deppe, 1830) -- valid -- Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Picogordo cuello rojo
  Rhyacotriton Dunn, 1920 -- valid -- Olympic Salamanders, Olympic Torrent Salamanders, Torrent Salamanders
  Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige, 1917) -- valid -- Olympic Salamander, Olympic Torrent Salamander
  Rhynchopsitta Bonaparte, 1854 -- valid -- Thick-billed Parrots
  Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Thick-billed Parrot, Cotorra-serrana occidental, Conure à gros bec, Cotorra serrana occidental, papagaio-mexicano-de-testa-vermelha
  Ridgwayia Stejneger, 1883 -- valid -- Aztec Thrushes
  Ridgwayia pinicola (P. L. Sclater, 1859) -- valid -- Mirlo pinto, Aztec Thrush
  Riparia T. Forster, 1817 -- valid -- Bank Swallows
  Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Golondrina ribereña, Bank Swallow, hirondelle de rivage, Sand Martin
  Rissa brevirostris (Bruch, 1855) -- valid -- Red-legged Kittiwake, Mouette des brumes, Gaviota piquicorta, gaivota-de-pernas-vermelhas
  Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gaviota pata negra, Black-legged Kittiwake, Mouette tridactyle, Gaviota tridáctila, gaivota-tridáctila
  Rostrhamus Lesson, 1830 -- valid -- Snail Kites
  Rostrhamus sociabilis (Vieillot, 1817) -- valid -- Snail Kite, Gavilán caracolero, Milan des marais
  Rukia Momiyama, 1922 -- valid -- Greater White-eyes
  Rukia longirostra (Taka-Tsukasa & Yamashina, 1931) -- valid -- Pohnpei Greater White-eye, Ponape Greater White-eye, Long-billed White-eye
  Rukia oleaginea (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872) -- invalid -- Yap Greater White-eye
  Rukia palauensis (Reichenow, 1915) -- invalid -- Palau Greater White-eye
  Rukia ruki (Hartert, 1897) -- valid -- Truk Greater White-eye, Teardrop White-eye
  Rynchops Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Skimmers
  Rynchops nigra Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid
  Saimiri Voigt in G. Cuvier, 1831 -- valid -- squirrel monkeys
  Saimiri sciureus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- South American Squirrel Monkey, Common Squirrel Monkey, Guianan Squirrel Monkey
  Salpinctes Cabanis, 1847 -- valid -- Rock Wrens
  Salpinctes obsoletus (Say, 1822) -- valid -- Rock Wren, Chivirín saltarroca
  Salvadora Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Patch-nosed Snakes
  Salvadora deserticola Schmidt, 1940 -- valid -- Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake, Culebra-parchada de Big Bend, Big Bend Patchnose Snake
  Salvadora grahamiae Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Mountain Patch-nosed Snake, Culebra-parchada de montaña, Mountain Patchnose Snake, Eastern Patch-nosed Snake
  Salvadora hexalepis (Cope, 1867) -- valid -- Western Patch-nosed Snake, Culebra-parchada de cabestrillo, Western Patchnose Snake
  Sauromalus A. H. A. Duméril, 1856 -- valid -- Chuckwallas
  Sauromalus obesus (Baird, 1859) -- invalid -- Chuckwalla, Chuckwalla común
  Saurothera Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Lizard-Cuckoos
  Saurothera vieilloti Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo
  Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid
  Sayornis Bonaparte, 1854 -- valid -- Phoebes
  Sayornis nigricans (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Black Phoebe, Papamoscas negro
  Sayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- Papamoscas fibí, Eastern Phoebe, moucherolle phébi
  Sayornis saya (Bonaparte, 1825) -- valid -- Papamoscas llanero, Say's Phoebe, moucherolle à ventre roux
  Scalopus Desmarest, 1804 -- invalid
  Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- topos, Topo occidental, Eastern Mole
  Scapanus Pomel, 1848 -- valid -- western moles
  Scapanus latimanus (Bachman, 1842) -- valid -- topociego, Topo pata ancha, Broad-footed Mole
  Scapanus orarius True, 1896 -- valid -- Pacific mole, red-footed mole, Coast Mole
  Scapanus townsendii (Bachman, 1839) -- valid -- snow mole, Townsend's Mole
  Sceloporus clarkii Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Clark's Spiny Lizard
  Sceloporus graciosus Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Lagartija-escamosa de Artemisa, Sagebrush Lizard
  Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Mesquite Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de mezquite, Graphic Spiny Lizard
  Sceloporus jarrovii Cope in Yarrow, 1875 -- valid -- Yarrow's Spiny Lizard, Mountain Spiny Lizard
  Sceloporus magister Hallowell, 1854 -- valid -- Desert Spiny Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de desierto
  Sceloporus merriami Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Canyon Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de cañón
  Sceloporus occidentalis Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Western Fence Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa del occidente
  Sceloporus olivaceus H. M. Smith, 1934 -- valid -- Texas Spiny Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de Texas
  Sceloporus orcutti Stejneger, 1893 -- valid -- Granite Spiny Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de granito
  Sceloporus poinsettii Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Crevice Spiny Lizard
  Sceloporus scalaris Wiegmann, 1828 -- valid -- Bunch Grass Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa escalonada, Light-bellied Bunch Grass Lizard
  Sceloporus serrifer Cope, 1866 -- valid -- Blue Spiny Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa azul, Rough-scaled Lizard
  Sceloporus undulatus (Bosc and Daudin in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) -- valid -- Eastern Fence Lizard, Fence Lizard, Plateau Lizard, Prairie Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa de pradera
  Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann, 1834 -- valid -- Rose-bellied Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa panza rosada, Rosebelly Lizard
  Sceloporus virgatus H. M. Smith, 1938 -- valid -- Striped Plateau Lizard, Lagartija-escamosa rayada
  Sceloporus woodi Stejneger, 1918 -- valid -- Florida Scrub Lizard
  Scincella Mittleman, 1950 -- valid -- ground skinks
  Scincella lateralis (Say in James, 1822) -- valid -- Ground Skink, Encinela norteña, Little Brown Skink
  Scincidae Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- Skinks
  Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- squirrels, marmots, chipmunks
  Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- tree squirrels
  Sciurus aberti Woodhouse, 1853 -- valid -- Ardilla de Albert, Abert's Squirrel
  Sciurus arizonensis Coues, 1867 -- valid -- Ardilla de Arizona, Arizona Gray Squirrel
  Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 -- valid -- gray squirrel, écureuil gris, Eastern Gray Squirrel
  Sciurus griseus Ord, 1818 -- valid -- Ardilla gris, Western Gray Squirrel
  Sciurus nayaritensis J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- Nayarit squirrel, Ardilla de Nayarit, Mexican Fox Squirrel
  Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- fox squirrel, Ardilla zorra, Eastern Fox Squirrel
  Sciurus niger niger Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- fox squirrel
  Scolopacidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- Sandpipers, bécasseaux, Snipes
  Scolopax Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Woodcocks
  Scolopax minor J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Chocha americana, American Woodcock, Bécasse d'Amérique, galinhola-pequena
  Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Woodcock, Bécasse des bois, Chocha perdiz, galinhola
  Seiurus Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Ovenbirds
  Seiurus aurocapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe suelero, Ovenbird, paruline couronnée
  Seiurus motacilla (Vieillot, 1809) -- invalid -- Chipe arroyero, Louisiana Waterthrush, paruline hochequeue
  Seiurus noveboracensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- invalid -- Chipe charquero, Northern Waterthrush, paruline des ruisseaux
  Selasphorus Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Rufous Hummingbirds
  Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Zumbador cola ancha
  Selasphorus rufus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Rufous Hummingbird, Zumbador rufo
  Selasphorus sasin (R. Lesson, 1829) -- valid -- Allen's Hummingbird, Zumbador de Allen
  Seminatrix Cope, 1895 -- invalid -- Swamp Snakes, Swampsnakes
  Seminatrix pygaea (Cope, 1871) -- invalid -- Black Swamp Snake, Black Swampsnake
  Serinus Koch, 1816 -- valid -- Canaries
  Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Canary, Atlantic Canary
  Serinus mozambicus (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776) -- invalid -- Yellow-fronted Canary
  Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
  Setophaga Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Redstarts
  Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Chipe flameante, American Redstart, Paruline flamboyante
  Sialia Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Bluebirds
  Sialia currucoides (Bechstein, 1798) -- valid -- Azulejo pálido, Mountain Bluebird, merlebleu azuré
  Sialia mexicana Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Azulejo garganta azul, Western Bluebird, merle-bleu de l'ouest
  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Azulejo garganta canela, Eastern Bluebird, merlebleu de l'est
  Sicalis F. Boie, 1828 -- valid -- Saffron Finches
  Sicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Sicale bouton-d'or, Chirigüe azafranado, canário-da-terra, Saffron Finch
  Sigmodon Say and Ord, 1825 -- valid -- Cotton Rats
  Sigmodon arizonae Mearns, 1890 -- valid -- Rata-algodonera de Arizona, Arizona Cotton Rat
  Sigmodon fulviventer J. A. Allen, 1889 -- valid -- Rata-algodonera vientre leonado, Tawny-bellied Cotton Rat, Zacatecan Cotton Rat
  Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord, 1825 -- valid -- Rata-algodonera crespa, Hispid Cotton Rat
  Sigmodon ochrognathus Bailey, 1902 -- valid -- Rata-algodonera nariz amarilla, Yellow-nosed Cotton Rat
  Sirenia Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- dugongs, manatees, sea cows, sirens
  Sistrurus Garman, 1884 -- valid -- Massasaugas, Pigmy Rattlesnakes, Pygmy Rattlesnakes
  Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1818) -- valid -- Massasauga, Víbora-cascabel pigmea-norteña, Eastern Massasauga
  Sistrurus miliarius (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Pigmy Rattlesnake, Pygmy Rattlesnake
  Sitta Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Nuthatches
  Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- Sita canadiense, Red-breasted Nuthatch, sittelle à poitrine rousse
  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 -- valid -- Sita pecho blanco, White-breasted Nuthatch, sittelle à poitrine blanche
  Sitta pusilla Latham, 1790 -- valid -- Brown-headed Nuthatch
  Sitta pygmaea Vigors, 1839 -- valid -- Sita enana, Pygmy Nuthatch
  Sittidae Lesson, 1828 -- valid -- Nuthatches
  Somateria Leach, 1819 -- valid -- Greater Eiders, Typical Eiders
  Somateria fischeri (J. F. Brandt, 1847) -- valid -- Spectacled Eider, Eider à lunettes, Éider de anteojos, êider-de-lunetas
  Somateria mollissima (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Eider, Eider à duvet, Éider común, êider
  Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- King Eider, Eider à tête grise, Éider real, êider-real
  Sonora Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- North American Ground Snakes, North American Groundsnakes
  Sonora semiannulata Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Ground Snake, Groundsnake, Culebra-suelera semianillada, Western Groundsnake
  Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- red-toothed shrews
  Sorex alaskanus Merriam, 1900 -- valid -- Glacier Bay Water Shrew
  Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- black-backed shrew, saddle-back shrew, musaraigne arctique, Arctic Shrew, musaraigne nordique
  Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister, 1977 -- valid -- Musaraña de Arizona, Arizona Shrew
  Sorex bendirii (Merriam, 1884) -- valid -- Bendire's shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Pacific marsh shrew, Marsh Shrew, Pacific water shrew
  Sorex cinereus Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- common shrew, masked shrew, musaraigne cendrée, Cinereus Shrew
  Sorex dispar Batchelder, 1911 -- valid -- rock shrew, musaraigne longicaude, gray long-tailed shrew, Long-tailed Shrew
  Sorex fontinalis Hollister, 1911 -- invalid -- eastern shrew, Maryland shrew
  Sorex fumeus G. M. Miller, 1895 -- valid -- smokey shrew, musaraigne fuligineuse, Smoky Shrew
  Sorex gaspensis Anthony and Goodwin, 1924 -- valid -- musaraigne de Gaspé, Gaspé Shrew
  Sorex haydeni Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Hayden's shrew, Prairie Shrew
  Sorex hoyi Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Pygmy Shrew, musaraigne pygmée, American Pygmy Shrew
  Sorex hydrodromus Dobson, 1889 -- invalid -- Pribilof Islands shrew
  Sorex jacksoni Hall and Gilmore, 1932 -- valid -- St. Lawrence Island Shrew
  Sorex longirostris Bachman, 1837 -- valid -- Southeastern Shrew
  Sorex lyelli Merriam, 1902 -- valid -- Lyell shrew, Mount Lyell shrew, Mt. Lyell Shrew
  Sorex merriami Dobson, 1890 -- valid -- Merriam's Shrew
  Sorex monticolus Merriam, 1890 -- valid -- Montane Shrew, Dusky Shrew
  Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895 -- valid -- Rocky Mountain dwarf shrew, Dwarf Shrew
  Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895 -- valid -- Suisun shrew, Musaraña adornada, Ornate Shrew
  Sorex pacificus Coues, 1877 -- valid -- Pacific Shrew
  Sorex palustris Richardson, 1828 -- valid -- northern water shrew, Water Shrew, musaraigne palustre, American Water Shrew
  Sorex preblei Jackson, 1922 -- valid -- malheur shrew, Preble's Shrew
  Sorex tenellus Merriam, 1895 -- valid -- great basin dwarf shrew, Inyo Shrew
  Sorex trowbridgii Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Trowbridge's Shrew
  Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 -- valid -- Tundra Shrew
  Sorex vagrans Baird, 1857 -- valid -- wandering shrew, Vagrant Shrew
  Soricidae G. Fischer, 1814 -- valid -- shrews
  Spermophilus F. Cuvier, 1825 -- valid -- Ground Squirrels, old world ground squirrels
  Spermophilus armatus Kennicott, 1863 -- invalid -- Uinta Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus beecheyi (Richardson, 1829) -- invalid -- Ardillón de California, California Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus beldingi Merriam, 1888 -- invalid -- Belding's Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus brunneus (A. H. Howell, 1928) -- invalid -- northern Idaho ground squirrel, Idaho Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus columbianus (Ord, 1815) -- invalid -- Columbian Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus elegans Kennicott, 1863 -- invalid -- Wyoming Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus franklinii (Sabine, 1822) -- invalid -- Franklin's Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus lateralis (Say, 1823) -- invalid -- Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus mexicanus (Erxleben, 1777) -- invalid -- Ardillón mexicano, Mexican Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus mohavensis Merriam, 1889 -- invalid -- Mohave Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus parryii (Richardson, 1825) -- invalid -- Arctic Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus richardsonii (Sabine, 1822) -- invalid -- Richardson's Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus saturatus (Rhoads, 1895) -- invalid -- Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett, 1833 -- invalid -- Ardillón punteado, Spotted Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus tereticaudus Baird, 1858 -- invalid -- Ardillón cola redonda, Round-tailed Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus townsendii Bachman, 1839 -- invalid -- Townsend's Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchill, 1821) -- invalid -- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
  Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben, 1777) -- invalid -- Ardillón de roca, Rock Squirrel
  Spermophilus washingtoni (A. H. Howell, 1938) -- invalid -- Washington Ground Squirrel
  Sphaerodactylus Wagler, 1830 -- valid -- Dwarf Geckos
  Sphaerodactylus argus Gosse, 1850 -- valid -- Ocellated Dwarf Gecko, Ocellated Gekko, Ocellated Gecko, Geco-enano ocelado
  Sphaerodactylus beattyi Grant, 1937 -- valid -- Cotton Ginner Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus becki Schmidt, 1919 -- valid -- Navassa Dwarf Gecko, Navassa Island Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus elegans Macleay, 1834 -- valid -- Ashy Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus gaigeae Grant, 1932 -- valid -- Gaige's Dwarf Gecko, Pandura's Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus klauberi Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Klauber's Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus levinsi Heatwole, 1968 -- valid -- Desecheo Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus macrolepis Günther, 1859 -- valid -- Common Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus micropithecus Schwartz, 1977 -- valid -- Monito Dwarf Gecko, Monito Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus monensis Meerwarth, 1901 -- valid -- Mona Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus nicholsi Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Nichols' Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus notatus Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Reef Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus roosevelti Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Roosevelt's Dwarf Gecko
  Sphaerodactylus townsendi Grant, 1931 -- valid -- Townsend's Dwarf Gecko
  Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Common Skinks
  Sphenomorphus scutatus (Peters, 1867) -- valid -- Palauan Skink
  Sphyrapicus S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Sapsuckers
  Sphyrapicus nuchalis S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Red-naped Sapsucker, Chupasavia nuca roja
  Sphyrapicus ruber (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Red-breasted Sapsucker, Chupasavia cabeza roja
  Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Cassin, 1852) -- valid -- Williamson's Sapsucker, Chupasavia oscuro
  Sphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Chupasavia maculado, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, pic maculé
  Spilogale Gray, 1865 -- valid -- spotted skunks
  Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Eastern Spotted Skunk, spotted skunk, Zorrillo-manchado común, Alleghanian Spotted Skunk
  Spindalis Jardine & Selby, 1837 -- valid -- Stripe-headed Tanagers
  Spindalis zena (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Zéna à tête rayée, Cigua cubana, Stripe-headed Tanager, Tángara cabeza rayada, Western Spindalis
  Spiza Bonaparte, 1824 -- valid -- Dickcissels
  Spiza americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Arrocero americano, Dickcissel, dickcissel d'Amérique
  Spizella Bonaparte, 1832 -- valid -- Chipping Sparrows
  Spizella arborea (A. Wilson, 1810) -- invalid -- American Tree Sparrow, bruant hudsonien
  Spizella atrogularis (Cabanis, 1851) -- valid -- Bruant à menton noir, Chingolo barbinegro, Black-chinned Sparrow, Gorrión barba negra
  Spizella breweri Cassin, 1856 -- valid -- Bruant de Brewer, Chingolo de Brewer, Brewer's Sparrow, Gorrión de Brewer
  Spizella pallida (Swainson, 1832) -- valid -- Chingolo pálido, Gorrión pálido, Clay-colored Sparrow, bruant des plaines
  Spizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798) -- valid -- Chingolo cejiblanco, Chipping Sparrow, bruant familier, Gorrión ceja blanca
  Spizella pusilla (A. Wilson, 1810) -- valid -- Chingolo campestre, tico-tico-pequeno, Gorrión pusila, Field Sparrow, bruant des champs
  Spizella wortheni Ridgway, 1884 -- valid -- Bruant de Worthen, Chingolo de Worthen, Worthen's Sparrow, Gorrión de Worthen
  Sporophila Cabanis, 1844 -- valid -- Seedeaters
  Sporophila torqueola (Bonaparte, 1850) -- valid -- Sporophile à col blanc, Semillero torcaz, White-collared Seedeater, Semillero de collar, Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater
  Squamata Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
  Stelgidopteryx S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Rough-winged Swallows
  Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon, 1838) -- valid -- Golondrina ala aserrada, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, hirondelle à ailes hérissées
  Stellula Gould, 1861 -- invalid -- Calliope Hummingbirds
  Stellula calliope (Gould, 1847) -- invalid -- Calliope Hummingbird, Colibrí garganta rayada
  Stenella Gray, 1866 -- valid -- spotted dolphins, spinner dolphins, striped dolphins
  Stenella attenuata (Gray, 1846) -- valid -- Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Delfín moteado
  Stenella clymene (Gray, 1850) -- valid -- short-snouted spinner dolphin, Delfín de Clymen, Clymene Dolphin
  Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833) -- valid -- Striped Dolphin, Delfín listado
  Stenella dubia (G. Cuvier, 1812) -- invalid
  Stenella fontolis (G. Cuvier, 1829) -- invalid
  Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828) -- valid -- long-snouted spinner dolphin, Spinner Dolphin, Delfín tornillo
  Steno Gray, 1846 -- valid -- rough-toothed dolphins
  Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) -- valid -- Rough-toothed Dolphin, Delfín dientes rugosos
  Stenoderma E. Geoffroy, 1818 -- valid -- red fruit-eating bats
  Stenoderma rufum Desmarest, 1820 -- valid -- Red Fig-eating Bat, Red Fruit Bat, Desmarest's Fig-eating Bat
  Stercorarius Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Jaegers
  Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819 -- valid -- Salteador cola larga, Long-tailed Jaeger, Labbe à longue queue, Págalo rabero, mandrião-de-cauda-comprida, moleiro-rabilongo, Long-tailed Skua
  Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Salteador parásito, Parasitic Jaeger, Labbe parasite, Págalo parásito, mandrião-parasítico, moleiro-pequeno, Arctic Skua
  Stercorarius pomarinus (Temminck, 1815) -- valid -- Salteador pomarino, Pomarine Jaeger, Pomarine Skua, Labbe pomarin, Págalo pomarino, mandrião-pomarino, moleiro-do-árctico
  Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Typical Terns
  Sterna albifrons Pallas, 1764 -- invalid -- Little Tern
  Sterna aleutica S. F. Baird, 1869 -- invalid -- Aleutian Tern
  Sterna anaethetus Scopoli, 1786 -- invalid -- Bridled Tern, Charrán embridado
  Sterna antillarum (R. Lesson, 1847) -- invalid -- Charrán mínimo, Least Tern
  Sterna bergii M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823 -- invalid -- Great Crested Tern, Swift Tern
  Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 -- invalid -- Charrán caspia, Caspian Tern, sterne caspienne
  Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813 -- valid -- Charrán rosado, Roseate Tern, Sterne de Dougall, trinta-réis-róseo, gaivina-rosada
  Sterna elegans Gambel, 1849 -- invalid -- Elegant Tern, Charrán elegante
  Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834 -- valid -- Charrán de Forster, Forster's Tern, Sterne de Forster, gaivina-de-forster
  Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, 1766 -- invalid -- Charrán sombrío, Sooty Tern
  Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Charrán común, Common Tern, Sterne pierregarin, trinta-réis-boreal, gaivina
  Sterna lunata Peale, 1848 -- invalid -- Gray-backed Tern, Spectacled Tern
  Sterna maxima Boddaert, 1783 -- invalid -- Royal Tern, Charrán real
  Sterna nilotica J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- invalid -- Gull-billed Tern, Charrán pico grueso
  Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 -- valid -- Charrán ártico, Arctic Tern, Sterne arctique, trinta-réis-ártico, gaivina-do-árctico
  Sterna sandvicensis Latham, 1787 -- invalid -- Charrán de Sandwich, Sandwich Tern
  Sterna striata J. F. Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Black-naped Tern, White-fronted Tern, Sterne tara, Charrán maorí, trinta-réis-de-fronte-branca
  Sternotherus Bell in Gray, 1825 -- valid -- Musk Turtles
  Sternotherus carinatus (Gray, 1856) -- valid -- Razor-backed Musk Turtle
  Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb, 1955 -- valid -- Flattened Musk Turtle
  Sternotherus minor (Agassiz, 1857) -- valid -- Loggerhead Musk Turtle
  Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille in Sonnini and Latreille, 1801) -- valid -- Musk Turtle, Stinkpot, Common Musk Turtle, Eastern Musk Turtle
  Stilosoma Brown, 1890 -- invalid -- Short-tailed Snakes
  Stilosoma extenuatum Brown, 1890 -- invalid -- Short-tailed Snake
  Storeria Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Brown-bellied Snakes, Red-bellied Snakes, North American Brownsnakes
  Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) -- valid -- Dekay's Brown Snake, Dekay's Brownsnake, Culebra-parda de Kay, Brown Snake, couleuvre brune, Northern Brown Snake
  Storeria occipitomaculata (Storer, 1839) -- valid -- Red-bellied Snake, Redbelly Snake, couleuvre à ventre rouge
  Streptopelia Bonaparte, 1855 -- valid -- Turtle-Doves
  Streptopelia bitorquata (Temminck, 1809) -- valid -- Javanese Turtle-Dove, Island Collared Dove
  Streptopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) -- invalid -- Spotted Dove
  Streptopelia risoria (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Ringed Turtle-Dove, Barbary Dove
  Streptoprocne Oberholser, 1906 -- valid -- White-collared Swifts
  Streptoprocne zonaris (Shaw, 1796) -- valid -- White-collared Swift, Vencejo cuello blanco
  Strigidae -- valid -- Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls
  Strix Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Earless Owls
  Strix nebulosa J. R. Forster, 1772 -- valid -- Great Gray Owl, chouette lapone, Great Grey Owl
  Strix varia Barton, 1799 -- valid -- Búho listado, Barred Owl, chouette rayée
  Sturnella Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Meadowlarks
  Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Pradero tortilla-con-chile, Eastern Meadowlark, sturnelle des prés
  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 -- valid -- Western Meadowlark, sturnelle de l'ouest, Pradero occidental
  Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 -- valid -- étourneaux, Starlings
  Sturnus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Starlings
  Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, 1835 -- invalid -- White-cheeked Starling
  Sturnus philippensis (J. R. Forster, 1781) -- invalid -- Chestnut-cheeked Starling
  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Estornino pinto, European Starling, étourneau sansonnet, Common Starling
  Suidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- hogs, pigs
  Sula Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Boobies, Gannets
  Sula bassanus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- Northern Gannet
  Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831 -- valid -- Masked Booby, Bobo enmascarado, Fou masqué
  Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Brown Booby, Bobo café, Fou brun
  Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882 -- valid -- Blue-footed Booby, Bobo pata azul, Fou à pieds bleus
  Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Red-footed Booby, Bobo pata roja, Fou à pieds rouges
  Sulidae Reichenbach, 1849 -- valid -- Boobies, Gannets
  Suncus Ehrenberg, 1832 -- valid -- white-toothed shrews
  Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- house shrew, Asian House Shrew
  Surnia Duméril, 1805 -- valid -- Hawk-Owls
  Surnia ulula (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Hawk-Owl, Northern Hawk Owl, chouette épervière
  Sus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- pigs
  Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- wild boar, pig, pig (feral), Wild Boar
  Sylviidae Leach, 1820 -- valid -- fauvettes, gobe-mouches, Sylviid Babblers
  Sylvilagus Gray, 1867 -- valid -- Cottontails
  Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837) -- valid -- Swamp Rabbit, Swamper, Cane Cutter, Cane Jake
  Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858) -- valid -- Desert Cottontail, Audubon's Cottontail
  Sylvilagus bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839) -- valid -- Conejo matorralero, Brush Rabbit, Riparian Brush Rabbit
  Sylvilagus floridanus (J. A. Allen, 1890) -- valid -- Conejo serrano, lapin à queue blanche, Eastern Cottontail, Florida cottontail
  Sylvilagus idahoensis (Merriam, 1891) -- invalid -- Pygmy Rabbit
  Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837) -- valid -- Nuttall's cottontail, Mountain Cottontail
  Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman, 1837) -- valid -- Marsh Rabbit
  Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs, 1895) -- valid -- New England Cottontail, Coney, Wood Rabbit
  Synaptomys Baird, 1857 -- valid -- Bog Lemmings
  Synaptomys borealis (Richardson, 1828) -- valid -- campagnol-lemming boréale, Northern Bog Lemming
  Synaptomys cooperi Baird, 1857 -- valid -- campagnol-lemming de Cooper, Southern Bog Lemming
  Synthliboramphus J. F. Brandt, 1837 -- valid -- Ancient Murrelets
  Synthliboramphus antiquus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Mérgulo antiguo, Ancient Murrelet, Guillemot à cou blanc, torda-miúda-do-pacífico
  Synthliboramphus craveri (Salvadori, 1866) -- valid -- Craveri's Murrelet, Mérgulo de Craveri, Guillemot de Craveri, Mérgulo californiano alioscuro, mérgulo-de-asas-escuras
  Synthliboramphus hypoleucus (Xantus de Vesey, 1860) -- valid -- Xantus' Murrelet, Xantus' Murrelet, Xantus's Murrelet, Guillemot de Xantus, Guadalupe Murrelet, Mérgulo de la Guadalupe, mérgulo-de-asas-claras
  Syrrhophus Cope, 1878 -- invalid -- Chirping Frogs
  Syrrhophus cystignathoides (Cope, 1877) -- invalid -- Rio Grande Chirping Frog
  Syrrhophus guttilatus (Cope, 1879) -- invalid -- Spotted Chirping Frog
  Syrrhophus marnockii Cope, 1878 -- invalid -- Cliff Chirping Frog
  Tachornis Gosse, 1847 -- valid -- Palm Swifts
  Tachornis phoenicobia Gosse, 1847 -- valid -- Antillean Palm Swift, Antillean Palm-Swift
  Tachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853 -- valid -- Least Grebes
  Tachybaptus dominicus bangsi (van Rossem & Hachisuka, 1937) -- valid -- Least Grebe
  Tachycineta Cabanis, 1850 -- valid -- Tree Swallows
  Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) -- valid -- Golondrina bicolor, Tree Swallow, hirondelle bicolore
  Tachycineta cyaneoviridis (H. Bryant, 1859) -- valid -- Bahaman Swallow, Bahama Swallow
  Tachycineta thalassina (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Violet-green Swallow, Golondrina verdemar
  Tadarida Rafinesque, 1814 -- valid -- guano bats
  Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) -- valid -- Murciélago-cola suelta brasileño, Brazilian Free-tailed Bat, Mexican Free-tailed Bat
  Talpidae G. Fischer, 1814 -- valid -- desmans, moles, shrew-moles
  Tamias Illiger, 1811 -- valid -- Chipmunks
  Tamias alpinus Merriam, 1893 -- valid -- Alpine Chipmunk
  Tamias amoenus J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- Yellow-pine Chipmunk
  Tamias canipes (V. Bailey, 1902) -- valid -- Gray-footed Chipmunk
  Tamias cinereicollis J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- Gray-collared Chipmunk
  Tamias dorsalis Baird, 1855 -- valid -- Cliff Chipmunk
  Tamias merriami J. A. Allen, 1889 -- valid -- Merriam's Chipmunk
  Tamias minimus Bachman, 1839 -- valid -- tamia mineur, Least Chipmunk
  Tamias obscurus J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- California Chipmunk, Dusky Chipmunk
  Tamias ochrogenys (Merriam, 1897) -- valid -- Yellow-cheeked Chipmunk, Redwood Chipmunk
  Tamias palmeri (Merriam, 1897) -- valid -- Palmer's Chipmunk
  Tamias panamintinus Merriam, 1893 -- valid -- Panamint Chipmunk
  Tamias quadrimaculatus Gray, 1867 -- valid -- Long-eared Chipmunk
  Tamias quadrivittatus (Say, 1823) -- valid -- Colorado Chipmunk
  Tamias ruficaudus (A. H. Howell, 1920) -- valid -- Red-tailed Chipmunk
  Tamias senex J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- Allen's Chipmunk, Shadow Chipmunk
  Tamias siskiyou (A. H. Howell, 1922) -- valid -- Siskiyou Chipmunk
  Tamias sonomae (Grinnell, 1915) -- valid -- Sonoma Chipmunk
  Tamias speciosus Merriam, 1890 -- valid -- Lodgepole Chipmunk
  Tamias striatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- tamia rayé, Eastern Chipmunk
  Tamias townsendii Bachman, 1839 -- valid -- Townsend's Chipmunk
  Tamias umbrinus J. A. Allen, 1890 -- valid -- Uinta Chipmunk
  Tamiasciurus Trouessart, 1880 -- valid -- chickarees, Red Squirrels
  Tamiasciurus douglasii (Bachman, 1839) -- valid -- Douglas's Squirrel
  Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777) -- valid -- écureuil roux, Red Squirrel
  Tamiasciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777) -- valid
  Tantilla Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Black-headed Snakes, Crowned Snakes, Flat-headed Snakes
  Tantilla atriceps (Günther, 1895) -- valid -- Mexican Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada mexicana, Mexican Blackhead Snake
  Tantilla coronata Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Southeastern Crowned Snake
  Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard, 1853 -- valid -- Flat-headed Snake, Culebra-ciempiés cabeza plana, Flathead Snake
  Tantilla hobartsmithi Taylor, 1936 -- valid -- Southwestern Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada del Suroeste, Southwestern Blackhead Snake, Smith's Black-headed Snake
  Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860 -- valid -- Plains Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada de pradera, Plains Blackhead Snake
  Tantilla oolitica Telford, 1966 -- valid -- Rim Rock Crowned Snake
  Tantilla planiceps (Blainville, 1835) -- valid -- California Black-headed Snake, Western Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada californiana, Western Blackhead Snake
  Tantilla relicta Telford, 1966 -- valid -- Florida Crowned Snake
  Tantilla rubra Cope, 1875 -- valid -- Reddish Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada roja, Red Black-headed Snake
  Tantilla wilcoxi Stejneger, 1902 -- valid -- Chihuahuan Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada chihuahuense, Chihuahuan Blackhead Snake
  Tantilla yaquia H. M. Smith, 1942 -- valid -- Yaqui Black-headed Snake, Culebra-encapuchada yaqui, Yaquia Blackhead Snake
  Taricha Gray, 1850 -- valid -- Pacific Newts
  Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849) -- valid -- Rough-skinned Newt
  Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935) -- valid -- Red-bellied Newt
  Taricha torosa (Rathke, 1833) -- valid -- California Newt
  Tarsiger Hodgson, 1845 -- valid -- Bluetails
  Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas, 1773) -- valid -- Red-flanked Bluetail
  Tasmacetus Oliver, 1937 -- valid -- Tasmanian beaked whales
  Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 -- valid -- Tasmanian beaked whale, Tasman beaked whale, Shepherd's Beaked Whale
  Taxidea Waterhouse, 1839 -- valid -- American badgers
  Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) -- valid -- American Badger, Badger, Tlalcoyote
  Tayassu G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814 -- valid -- peccaries
  Tayassu tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) -- invalid -- collared peccary, Pecari de collar
  Tayassuidae Palmer, 1897 -- valid -- peccaries
  Teiidae Gray, 1827 -- valid -- Tegus, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails, Ameivas
  Telespiza S. B. Wilson, 1890 -- valid -- Laysan Finches
  Telespyza cantans S. B. Wilson, 1890 -- invalid
  Telespyza ultima Bryan, 1917 -- invalid
  Terrapene Merrem, 1820 -- valid -- Box Turtles, American Box Turtles
  Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Tortuga de Carolina, tortue tabatière, Eastern Box Turtle, Common Box Turtle
  Testudines Linnaeus, 1758 -- invalid -- terrapins, tortoises, tortues, Turtles
  Testudinidae Batsch, 1788 -- valid -- Tortoises
  Tetraoninae -- invalid -- Grouse
  Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 -- valid -- Garter Snakes, Ribbon Snakes, North American Gartersnakes
  Thamnophis brachystoma (Cope, 1892) -- valid -- Short-headed Garter Snake, Shorthead Garter Snake, Short-headed Gartersnake
  Thamnophis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860) -- valid -- Black-necked Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada cuello negro, Blackneck Garter Snake, Black-necked Gartersnake
  Thamnophis elegans (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- valid -- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada elegante, Terrestrial Garter Snake
  Thamnophis eques (Reuss, 1834) -- valid -- Mexican Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada del sur-mexicano, Mexican Gartersnake
  Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- valid -- Checkered Garter Snake, Culebra-listonada manchada, Checkered Gartersnake
  Thamnophis ordinoides (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Northwestern Garter Snake, Puget Sound Garter Snake, Northwestern Gartersnake
  Thamnophis proximus (Say in James, 1823) -- valid -- Western Ribbon Snake, Culebra-listonada occidental, Western Ribbonsnake
  Thamnophis radix (Baird and Girard, 1853) -- valid -- Plains Garter Snake, Plains Gartersnake, Eastern Plains Garter Snake
  Thamnophis rufipunctatus (Cope, 1875) -- valid -- Culebra-de agua cabeza angosta, Narrow-headed Garter Snake, Narrowhead Garter Snake, Narrowhead Watersnake, Narrow-headed Gartersnake
  Thamnophis sauritus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Eastern Ribbon Snake, Eastern Ribbonsnake
  Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Common Garter Snake, couleuvre rayée, Culebra-listonada común, Common Gartersnake
  Thecadactylus Cuvier, 1820 -- valid -- Turnip-tailed Geckos
  Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) -- valid -- Turnip-tailed Gecko
  Thomomys Wied-Neuwied, 1839 -- valid -- Smooth-toothed Pocket Gophers, Western Pocket Gophers
  Thomomys bottae (Eydoux and Gervais, 1836) -- valid -- Tuza de Botta, Botta's Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys bulbivorus (Richardson, 1829) -- valid -- Camas Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys clusius Coues, 1875 -- valid -- Wyoming Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys idahoensis Merriam, 1901 -- valid -- Idaho Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys mazama Merriam, 1897 -- valid -- Western Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys monticola J. A. Allen, 1893 -- valid -- Mountain Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys talpoides (Richardson, 1828) -- valid -- Northern Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys townsendii (Bachman, 1839) -- valid -- Townsend's Pocket Gopher
  Thomomys umbrinus (Richardson, 1829) -- valid -- Tuza mexicana, Southern Pocket Gopher
  Thraupidae -- valid -- Tanagers
  Threskiornithidae Poche, 1904 -- valid -- Ibises, Spoonbills
  Thryomanes P. L. Sclater, 1862 -- valid -- Bewick's Wrens
  Thryomanes bewickii (Audubon, 1827) -- valid -- Chivirín cola oscura, Bewick's Wren
  Thryothorus Vieillot, 1816 -- valid -- Wrens
  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) -- valid -- Chivirín de Carolina, Carolina Wren, troglodyte de Caroline
  Tiaris Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Grassquits
  Tiaris bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Black-faced Grassquit
  Tiaris olivacea (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Yellow-faced Grassquit, Semillero oliváceo
  Todidae -- valid -- Todies
  Todus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Todies
  Todus mexicanus R. Lesson, 1838 -- valid -- todi-de-porto-rico, Barrancolí puertorriqueño, Todier de Porto Rico, Puerto Rican Tody
  Toxostoma Wagler, 1831 -- valid -- American Thrashers
  Toxostoma bendirei (Coues, 1873) -- valid -- Bendire's Thrasher, Cuitlacoche pico corto
  Toxostoma crissale Henry, 1858 -- valid -- Crissal Thrasher, Cuitlacoche crisal
  Toxostoma curvirostre (Swainson, 1827) -- valid -- Curve-billed Thrasher, Cuitlacoche pico curvo
  Toxostoma lecontei Lawrence, 1851 -- valid -- Le Conte's Thrasher, Cuitlacoche pálido
  Toxostoma longirostre (Lafresnaye, 1838) -- valid -- Long-billed Thrasher, Cuitlacoche pico largo
  Toxostoma redivivum (Gambel, 1845) -- valid -- California Thrasher, Cuitlacoche californiano
  Toxostoma rufum (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Cuitlacoche rojizo, moqueur roux, Brown Thrasher
  Trachemys Agassiz, 1857 -- valid -- Sliders, slider turtles
  Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) -- valid -- slider, tortue à oreilles rouges, Tortuga gravada, Pond Slider, Common Slider
  Trachemys stejnergeri (Schmidt, 1928) -- invalid
  Trichechidae Gill, 1872 -- valid -- manatees
  Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- manatees
  Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- West Indian Manatee, manatee, Manatí del Caribe, Caribbean manatee
  Trichoglossus Stephens, 1826 -- valid -- Island Lories
  Trichoglossus rubiginosus (Bonaparte, 1850) -- valid -- Pohnpei Lorikeet, Ponape Lory, Loriquet de Ponapé, Lori de Ponapé
  Trimorphodon Cope, 1861 -- valid -- Lyre Snakes, Lyresnakes
  Trimorphodon biscutatus (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) -- valid -- Western Lyre Snake, Culebra-lira cabeza negra, Costal Lyre Snake
  Tringa Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Redshanks
  Tringa erythropus (Pallas, 1764) -- valid -- Spotted Redshank, Chevalier arlequin, Archibebe oscuro, perna-vermelha-bastardo
  Tringa flavipes (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Patamarilla menor, Lesser Yellowlegs, Petit Chevalier, Archibebe patigualdo chico, maçarico-de-perna-amarela, perna-amarela-pequeno
  Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Wood Sandpiper, Chevalier sylvain, Andarríos bastardo, maçarico-de-dorso-malhado
  Tringa melanoleuca (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Patamarilla mayor, Greater Yellowlegs, Grand Chevalier, Archibebe patigualdo grande, maçarico-grande-de-perna-amarela, perna-amarela-grande
  Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767) -- valid -- Common Greenshank, Chevalier aboyeur, Archibebe claro, perna-verde
  Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Green Sandpiper, Chevalier cul-blanc, Andarríos grande, maçarico-bique-bique
  Tringa solitaria A. Wilson, 1813 -- valid -- Playero solitario, Solitary Sandpiper, Chevalier solitaire, Andarríos solitario, maçarico-solitário
  Tringa stagnatilis (Bechstein, 1803) -- valid -- Marsh Sandpiper, Chevalier stagnatile, Archibebe fino, perna-verde-fino
  Trionychidae Gray, 1825 -- valid -- Softshell Turtles
  Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1835 -- invalid
  Trionyx steindachneri Siebenrock, 1906 -- invalid -- Wattle-necked Softshell Turtle
  Trochilidae -- valid -- Hummingbirds, oiseaux-mouches
  Troglodytes Vieillot, 1809 -- valid -- Wrens
  Troglodytes aedon Vieillot, 1809 -- valid -- Chivirín saltapared, House Wren, troglodyte familier
  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Chivirín chochín, Winter Wren, troglodyte mignon
  Troglodytidae Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Wrens
  Trogon Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Trogons
  Trogon elegans Gould, 1834 -- valid -- Trogon élégant, Elegant Trogon, Trogón elegante
  Trogonidae -- valid -- Trogons
  Trogoniformes -- valid -- Trogons
  Tropidoclonion Cope, 1860 -- valid -- Lined Snakes
  Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856) -- valid -- Lined Snake
  Tropidophis Bibron in Ramon de la Sagra, 1840 -- valid -- Dwarf Boas
  Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837) -- valid -- Dusky Dwarf Boa, Giant Trope, Wood Snake
  Tryngites Cabanis, 1857 -- invalid -- Buff-breasted Sandpipers
  Tryngites subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) -- invalid -- Playero leonado, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Bécasseau roussâtre
  Turdus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Robins
  Turdus grayi Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Clay-colored Robin, Mirlo pardo, Clay-colored Thrush
  Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid
  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Eurasian Blackbird, merle noir, Common Blackbird
  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 -- valid -- Mirlo primavera, American Robin, merle d'Amérique
  Turdus naumanni Temminck, 1820 -- valid -- Dusky Thrush, Naumann's Thrush
  Turdus obscurus Gmelin, 1789 -- valid -- Eyebrowed Thrush
  Turdus pilaris Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Fieldfare, grive litorne
  Turdus plumbeus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Red-legged Thrush
  Turdus rufopalliatus Lafresnaye, 1840 -- valid -- Rufous-backed Robin, Mirlo dorso rufo
  Tursiops Gervais, 1855 -- valid -- bottlenose dolphins
  Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) -- valid -- Bottlenose Dolphin, Bottlenosed Dolphin, Delfín tonina, common bottlenose dolphin
  Tympanuchus Gloger, 1841 -- valid -- Sharp-tailed Grouse, Prairie-Chickens
  Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Tétras des prairies, Gallo de las praderas grande, galo-das-pradarias-grande, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Greater Prairie Chicken
  Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway, 1873) -- valid -- Tétras pâle, Gallo de las praderas chico, galo-das-pradarias-pequeno, Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Lesser Prairie Chicken
  Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Gallo de las praderas rabudo, tetraz-de-rabo-fino, Sharp-tailed Grouse, tétras à queue fine
  Typhlomolge Stejneger, 1896 -- invalid -- Texas Blind Salamanders
  Typhlomolge rathbuni Stejneger, 1896 -- invalid -- Texas Blind Salamander
  Typhlomolge robusta Longley, 1978 -- invalid -- Robust Blind Salamander, Blanco Blind Salamander
  Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 -- valid -- Blind Snakes, Typical Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes
  Typhlops Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- Blind Snakes, Blindsnakes
  Typhlops granti Ruthven and Gaige, 1935 -- invalid -- Grant's Blind Snake, Grant's Blindsnake
  Typhlops monensis Schmidt, 1926 -- invalid -- Mona Blind Snake, Mona Blindsnake
  Typhlops richardii A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1844 -- invalid -- Richard's Blind Snake, Richard's Blindsnake
  Typhlops rostellatus Stejneger, 1904 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Wetland Blind Snake, Puerto Rican Wetland Blindsnake, Puerto Rican Worm Snake
  Typhlops sulcatus Cope, 1868 -- valid -- Sulcate Blind Snake, Sulcate Blindsnake, Island Worm Snake
  Tyrannidae -- valid -- Tyrant Flycatchers, tyrans gobe-mouches
  Tyrannus Lacepede, 1799 -- valid -- Kingbirds
  Tyrannus caudifasciatus Orbigny, 1839 -- valid -- Loggerhead Kingbird
  Tyrannus couchii S. F. Baird, 1858 -- valid -- Couch's Kingbird, Tirano silbador
  Tyrannus crassirostris Swainson, 1826 -- valid -- Thick-billed Kingbird, Tirano pico grueso
  Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Gray Kingbird, Tirano gris, Grey Kingbird
  Tyrannus forficatus (Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Tirano-tijereta rosado, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, tyran à longue queue
  Tyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 -- valid -- Tirano tropical, Tropical Kingbird
  Tyrannus savana Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Tirano-tijereta gris, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, tyran des savanes
  Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Tirano dorso negro, Eastern Kingbird, tyran tritri
  Tyrannus verticalis Say, 1823 -- valid -- Tirano pálido, Western Kingbird, tyran de l'ouest
  Tyrannus vociferans Swainson, 1826 -- valid -- Cassin's Kingbird, Tirano gritón
  Tyto Billberg, 1828 -- valid -- Barn-Owls
  Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) -- valid -- Common Barn-Owl, Lechuza de campanario, Barn Owl, effraie de clochers, Western Barn Owl
  Tytonidae -- valid -- Barn-Owls
  Uma Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Fringe-toed Lizards
  Uma inornata Cope, 1895 -- valid -- Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard
  Uma notata Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard, Lagartija-arenera del Colorado
  Uma scoparia Cope, 1894 -- valid -- Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
  Upupa Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Hoopoes
  Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- poupa, poupa-eurasiática, Abubilla común, Huppe fasciée, Hoopoe, Common Hoopoe, Eurasian Hoopoe
  Upupidae -- valid -- Hoopoes
  Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 -- valid -- Cordonbleus
  Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
  Uria Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Murres
  Uria aalge (Pontoppidan, 1763) -- valid -- Arao común, Common Murre, Guillemot marmette, airo, Common Guillemot
  Uria lomvia (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Thick-billed Murre, Guillemot de Brünnich, Arao de Brünnich, airo-de-freio, Brunnich's Guillemot
  Urocyon Baird, 1857 -- valid -- gray foxes
  Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775) -- valid -- Gray Fox, Zorra gris, Common Gray Fox, renard gris
  Urocyon littoralis (Baird, 1858) -- valid -- Island Fox, Island Gray Fox, Channel Islands Gray Fox
  Urodynamis Salvadori, 1880 -- valid -- Long-tailed Cuckoos
  Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman, 1787) -- valid -- Long-tailed Cuckoo
  Urosaurus Hallowell, 1854 -- valid -- Tree Lizards, Brush Lizards
  Urosaurus graciosus Hallowell, 1854 -- valid -- Long-tailed Brush Lizard, Lagartija-arbolera cola larga
  Urosaurus microscutatus (Van Denburgh, 1894) -- invalid -- Small-scaled Lizard, Lagartija-arbolera escamas chicas
  Urosaurus ornatus (Baird in Baird and Girard, 1852) -- valid -- Tree Lizard, Ornate Tree Lizard, Lagartija-arbolera común
  Ursidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 -- valid -- bears
  Ursus Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- bears
  Ursus americanus Pallas, 1780 -- valid -- American Black Bear, black bear, Oso negro, ours noir
  Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 -- valid -- Brown Bear, Grizzly Bear, Oso pardo
  Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 -- valid -- White Bear, Polar Bear, ours blanc
  Uta Baird and Girard in Stansbury, 1852 -- valid -- Side-blotched Lizards
  Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard, 1852 -- valid -- Side-blotched Lizard, Common Side-blotched Lizard, Lagartija-costado manchado común
  Vanellus Brisson, 1760 -- valid -- Lapwings
  Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Northern Lapwing, Vanneau huppé, Avefría europea, abibe
  Varanidae -- valid -- Monitors, Monitor Lizards
  Varanus Merrem, 1820 -- valid -- Monitor Lizards
  Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) -- valid -- Indian Monitor Lizard, Indian Monitor, Mangrove Monitor
  Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) -- valid -- Common Water Monitor
  Vermivora Swainson, 1827 -- valid -- Vermivoras
  Vermivora bachmanii (Audubon, 1833) -- valid -- Bachman's Warbler, Bachman's Wood Warbler, Paruline de Bachman
  Vermivora celata (Say, 1822) -- invalid -- Chipe corona naranja, Orange-crowned Warbler, paruline verdâtre
  Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Chipe ala dorada, Paruline à ailes dorées, Golden-winged Warbler
  Vermivora crissalis (Salvin & Godman, 1889) -- invalid -- Colima Warbler, Chipe crisal
  Vermivora luciae (J. G. Cooper, 1861) -- invalid -- Lucy's Warbler, Chipe rabadilla rufa
  Vermivora peregrina (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Chipe peregrino, Tennessee Warbler, paruline obscure
  Vermivora ruficapilla (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Chipe de coronilla, Nashville Warbler, paruline à joues grises
  Vermivora virginiae (S. F. Baird, 1860) -- invalid -- Chipe de Virginia, Virginia's Warbler
  Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 -- valid -- vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats
  Vestiaria Jarocki, 1821 -- valid -- 'I'iwis
  Vestiaria coccinea (G. Forster, 1780) -- valid -- 'I'iwi, Iiwi
  Vidua Cuvier, 1816 -- valid -- Indigo-birds, Whydahs
  Vidua macroura (Pallas, 1764) -- valid -- Pin-tailed Whydah
  Vini R. Lesson, 1833 -- valid -- Vini Lories
  Vini australis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) -- valid -- Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Blue-crowned Lory, Lori fringillaire, Lori de Samoa
  Viperidae Oppel, 1811 -- valid -- Pit Vipers, Vipers
  Vireo Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Vireos
  Vireo altiloquus (Vieillot, 1808) -- valid -- Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo bigotudo
  Vireo atricapilla Woodhouse, 1852 -- valid -- black-capped vireo, Vireo gorra negra
  Vireo bellii Audubon, 1844 -- valid -- Bell's Vireo, Vireo de Bell
  Vireo crassirostris (H. Bryant, 1859) -- valid -- Thick-billed Vireo
  Vireo flavifrons Vieillot, 1808 -- valid -- Vireo garganta amarilla, Yellow-throated Vireo, viréo à gorge jaune
  Vireo gilvus (Vieillot, 1808) -- valid -- Vireo gorjeador, Warbling Vireo, viréo mélodieux
  Vireo griseus (Boddaert, 1783) -- valid -- Vireo ojo blanco, White-eyed Vireo, viréo aux yeux blancs
  Vireo huttoni Cassin, 1851 -- valid -- Hutton's Vireo, Vireo reyezuelo
  Vireo latimeri S. F. Baird, 1866 -- valid -- Puerto Rican Vireo
  Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- valid -- Vireo ojo rojo, Red-eyed Vireo, viréo aux yeux rouges
  Vireo philadelphicus (Cassin, 1851) -- valid -- Vireo de Filadelfia, Philadelphia Vireo, viréo de Philadelphie
  Vireo solitarius (A. Wilson, 1810) -- valid -- Solitary Vireo, Vireo anteojillo, Blue-headed Vireo, viréo à tête bleue
  Vireo vicinior Coues, 1866 -- valid -- Gray Vireo, Vireo gris, Grey Vireo
  Vireonidae -- valid -- Greenlets, Vireos
  Virginia Baird and Girard, 1853 -- invalid -- Earth Snakes, Earthsnakes, Smooth Earthsnakes
  Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Rough Earth Snake, Rough Earthsnake
  Virginia valeriae Baird and Girard, 1853 -- invalid -- Smooth Earth Snake, Smooth Earthsnake
  Vulpes Frisch, 1775 -- valid -- kit foxes, red foxes
  Vulpes macrotis Merriam, 1888 -- valid -- Kit Fox
  Vulpes velox (Say, 1823) -- valid -- Swift Fox, Zorra desértica
  Vulpes velox velox (Say, 1823) -- invalid -- swift fox
  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Red Fox, renard roux
  Wilsonia Bonaparte, 1838 -- invalid -- Hooded Warblers
  Wilsonia canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- invalid -- Chipe de collar, Canada Warbler, paruline du Canada
  Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert, 1783) -- invalid -- Chipe encapuchado, Hooded Warbler, paruline à capuchon
  Wilsonia pusilla (A. Wilson, 1811) -- invalid -- Chipe corona negra, Wilson's Warbler, paruline à calotte noire
  Xanthocephalus Bonaparte, 1850 -- valid -- Yellow-headed Blackbirds
  Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, 1826) -- valid -- Yellow-headed Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, carouge à tête jaune
  Xantusia Baird, 1859 -- valid -- night lizards
  Xantusia henshawi Stejneger, 1893 -- valid -- Granite Night Lizard, Henshaw's Night Lizard, Lagartija-escofina de granito
  Xantusia riversiana Cope, 1883 -- valid -- Island Night Lizard
  Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859 -- valid -- Desert Night Lizard, Lagartija-escofina de desierto
  Xantusiidae -- valid -- night lizards
  Xenus Kaup, 1829 -- valid -- Terek Sandpipers
  Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) -- valid -- Terek Sandpiper, Chevalier bargette, Andarríos del Terek, maçarico-tereque
  Zalophus Gill, 1866 -- valid -- California sea lions
  Zapus Coues, 1875 -- valid -- Jumping Mice
  Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780) -- valid -- souris sauteuse des champs, Meadow Jumping Mouse
  Zapus princeps J. A. Allen, 1893 -- valid -- Western Jumping Mouse
  Zapus trinotatus Rhoads, 1895 -- valid -- Pacific Jumping Mouse
  Zenaida Bonaparte, 1838 -- valid -- Zenaida Doves
  Zenaida asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Paloma ala blanca, White-winged Dove, tourterelle à ailes blanches
  Zenaida aurita (Temminck, 1809) -- valid -- Zenaida Dove, Paloma aurita
  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- Paloma huilota, Mourning Dove, tourterelle triste
  Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 -- invalid -- beaked whales
  Ziphius G. Cuvier, 1823 -- valid -- goose-beaked whales
  Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823 -- valid -- goose-beaked whale, Cuvier's Beaked Whale, goosebeak whale, Ballena-picuda de Couvier
  Zonotrichia Swainson, 1832 -- valid -- Crowned Sparrows
  Zonotrichia albicollis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Chingolo gorjiblanco, chingolito, Gorrión garganta blanca, White-throated Sparrow, bruant à gorge blanche
  Zonotrichia atricapilla (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- valid -- Bruant à couronne dorée, Chingolo coronidorado, tico-tico-coroa-dourada, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Gorrión corona dorada
  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J. R. Forster, 1772) -- valid -- Chingolo coroniblanco, tico-tico-coroado, White-crowned Sparrow, bruant à couronne blanche, Gorrión corona blanca
  Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall, 1840) -- valid -- Chingolo de Harris, Harris' Sparrow, Harris's Sparrow, bruant à face noire
  Zosteropidae Bonaparte, 1853 -- valid -- White-eyes
  Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 -- valid -- Lesser White-eyes
  Zosterops cinereus (Kittlitz, 1832) -- valid -- Dusky White-eye, Grey-brown White-eye
  Zosterops conspicillatus (Kittlitz, 1833) -- valid -- Bridled White-eye
  Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 -- valid -- Japanese White-eye
   

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