Species A–Z
Plants, animals and fungi by common and Latin name. Every species has its own page with all its photos.
281 species
A

African elephant
Loxodonta africana

Alcon Blue
Maculinea alcon

Alder
Alnus spec.

Alpine Marmot
Marmota marmota

Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage
Chrysosplenium alternifolium

Amber

Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica

Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Stenella frontalis

Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella

Azure Hawker
Aeshna caerulea
B

Badger
Meles meles

band-winged dragonfly
Sympetrum pedemontanum

Banded Demoiselle
Calopteryx splendens

Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica

Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis

Bearded Reedling
Panurus biarmicus

Beautiful Demoiselle
Calopteryx virgo

Bee Orchid
Ophrys apifera

Beech
Fagus sylvatica

Beech
Fagus spec.

Birch
Betula

Bittern
Botaurus stellaris

Black Darter
Sympetrum danae

Black Grouse
Tetrao tetrix

Black Stork
Ciconia nigra

Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius

Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus

Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla

Black-spotted stingray
Taeniura meyeni

Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa

Black-tailed Skimmer
Orthetrum cancellatum

Blue Tit
Parus caeruleus

Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans

Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Scilla non-scripta

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica

Bog Asphodel
Narthecium ossifragum

Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus

Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus

Box Ray, Chilean Devil Ray, Sicklefin Devil Ray
Mobula tarapacana

Boyeria cretensis
Boyeria cretensis

Broom
Cytisus scoparius

Brown Bear
Ursus arctos

Brown Emerald Damselfly
Sympecma fusca

Brown Hare
Lepus europaeus

Bunch, Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
C

Cachelot, Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus

Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra

Club-tailed Dragonfly
Gomphus vulgatissimus

Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue Damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum

common buckbean
Menyanthes trifoliata

Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo

Common Coot
Fulica atra

Common Cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium

Common Crane
Grus grus

Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus

Common Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale

Common Darter
Sympetrum striolatum

Common Frog
Rana temporaria

Common Hawker
Aeshna juncea

common juniper
Juniperus communis

Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus

Common Oak, English Oak
Quercus robur

Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix

Common Raven
Corvus corax

Common Redshank
Tringa totanus

Common Reed
Phragmites australis

Common rudd
Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Common Seal
Phoca vitulina

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago

Common Spadefoot Toad
Pelobates fuscus

Common Tern
Sterna hirundo

Common Toad
Bufo bufo

Common Viper
Vipera berus

Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus

Cow
Bos domesticus

Cow Parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris

Cressent-tail bigeye
Priacanthus hamrur

Cretan Bluet
Coenagrion intermedium
D
E

Eel
Anguilla anguilla

Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca

Eider
Somateria mollissima

Elk
Alces alces

Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa

Emperor Dragonfly
Anax imperator

Endemic Mastigias Jellyfish, Spotted Jelly, Lagoon Jelly
Mastigias papua etpisonii

Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula

Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata

Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo

Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis

Eurasian Jackdaw
Corvus monedula

Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius

Eurasian Lynx
Lynx lynx

Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Remiz pendulinus

Eurasian red dragonfly
Sympetrum depressiusculum

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus

European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster

European Bison, Wisent
Bison bonasus

European Greenfinch
Carduelis chloris

European Otter
Lutra lutra

European Robin
Erithacus rubecula

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

European Tree Frog
Hyla arborea
F
G

Galapagos Sea Lion
Zalophus wollebaeki

Galapagos shark
Carcharhinus galapagensis

Gentoo penguin
Pygoscelis papua

Giant Hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum

Glanville Fritellary
Melitaea cinxia

Grass

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus

Great Crested Newt, Warty Newt
Triturus cristatus

Great Diving Beetle
Dytiscus marginalis

Great Grey Owl
Strix nebulosa

Great Tit
Parus major

Great White Egret, Great White Heron
Casmerodius albus

great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias

green frog
Rana esculenta (synklepton)

Green Hawker
Aeshna viridis

Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas

Green-eyed Hooktail
Onychogomphus forcipatus

Grey Hair-grass
Corynephorus canescens

Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea

Grey Lag-Goose
Anser anser

Grey Seal
Halichoerus grypus

Grey Wolf
Canis lupus

Guelder Rose, High-bush Cranberry
Viburnum opulus
H
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K
L

Lady?s slipper
Cypripedium calceolus

Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus

Large Marsh Grasshopper
Stethophyma grossum

Large Red Damselfly
Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Large White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia pectoralis

Lemon Shark
Negaprion brevirostris

Lesser Celandine
Ranunculus ficaria

Lichen

Lilypad White-faced Darter
Leucorrhinia caudalis

Lion
Panthera leo

lionfish
Pterois volitans

Little Owl
Athene noctua

Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius

Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
M
N

Natterjack toad
Bufo calamita - Epidalea calamita

Northern Banded Groundling
Brachythemis impartita

Northern Damselfly
Coenagrion hastulatum

Northern Emerald
Somatochlora arctica

Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus

Northern Grass-of-parnassus
Parnassia palustris

Northern Harrier, Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus

Northern Hawker
Aeshna isosceles

Northern White-faced darter
Leucorrhinia rubicunda
O
P

Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui

Palm, palmtree

Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta

Pine Marten
Martes martes

Polar bear
Ursus maritimus

Poplar
Populus spec.

Poppy
Papaver spec.

Porcelain fungus
Oudemansiella mucida

Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea

Purple Moor-grass
Molinia caerulea

Pyrrhosoma elisabethae
Pyrrhosoma elisabethae
R

Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus

Ragged-Robin
Lychnis flos-cuculi

Ramsons
Allium ursinum

Red Deer
Cervus elaphus

Red Oak
Quercus rubra

Red-veined Darter
Sympetrum fonscolombii

Reindeer, caribou
Rangifer tarandus

Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus

Rododendron
Rhododendron

Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres

Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
S

Sand Lizard
Lacerta agilis

Sanderling
Calidris alba

Sandwich Tern
Sterna sandvicensis

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura pumilio

Scarce Chaser
Libellula fulva

Scarlet Dragonfly
Crocothemis erythraea

Scots Pine
Pinus sylvestris

Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Sheep
Ovis domesticus

sheep
Ovis domesticus

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus

Silver Studded Blue
Plebejus argus

Skimmer
Orthetrum brunneum

Slow Worm
Anguis fragilis

Small Red-eyed damselfly
Erythromma viridulum

Smooth Snake
Coronella austriaca

Snowy Owl
Bubo scandiacus

Southern Blue Damselfly
Coenagrion caerulescens

Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea

Southern Migrant Hawker
Aeshna affinis

Spotted orchid
Dactylorhiza maculata

Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus

Subarctic Darner
Aeshna subarctica

Sweet Chestnut
Castanea sativa
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W

Wall Lizard
Podarcis muralis

wasp spider
Argiope bruennichi

Watersoldier
Stratiotes aloides

Western brackenfern
Pteridium aquilinum

Western Demoiselle, Yellow-tailed Demoiselle
Calopteryx xanthostoma

Whale shark
Rhincodon typus

White Stork
Ciconia ciconia

White Wagtail
Motacilla alba

White-fronted goose
Anser albifrons

White-legged Damselfly
Platycnemis pennipes

White-tailed Sea Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla

Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus

Wigeon
Anas penelope

Wild Boar
Sus scrofa

Wildcat
Felis silvestris

Willow
Salix

Willow, Pollard-willow
Salix alba

Windvaantje
Selysiothemis nigra

Wood Anemone
Anemone nemorosa

Wood Pigeon, Ring Dove
Columba palumbus


























































