Animals that start with W
329 animals with a full page, by common name. Every species on file beginning with W, described or not, is in the complete W list.
Names are the English common names used on each animal’s own page, with the scientific name beside them. An animal known by several names is listed once, under the name its page uses, so if you cannot find it here try the search box, which also matches other common names, scientific names and older synonyms.
- Wahlberg's eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Wahnes's parotia Parotia wahnesi
- Walia ibex Capra walie
- Walking catfish Clarias batrachus
- Wallace's fruit dove Ptilinopus wallacii
- Wallace's hawk-eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Walrus Odobenus rosmarus
- Wandering tattler Tringa incana
- Wandering whistling duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Warbling white-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Ward's field mouse Apodemus pallipes
- Ward's trogon Harpactes wardi
- Wasp spider Argiope bruennichi
- Water buffalo Bubalus bubalis
- Water chevrotain Hyemoschus aquaticus
- Water deer Hydropotes inermis
- Water opossum Chironectes minimus
- Water pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Water rail Rallus aquaticus
- Water thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Wattled broadbill Sarcophanops steerii
- Wattled curassow Crax globulosa
- Wattled guan Aburria aburri
- Wattled ibis Bostrychia carunculata
- Wattled jacana Jacana jacana
- Wattled ploughbill Eulacestoma nigropectus
- Wattled starling Creatophora cinerea
- Waved albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- Weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis
- Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddellii
- Wedge-capped capuchin Cebus olivaceus
- Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax
- Wedge-tailed green pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Wedge-tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Weka Gallirallus australis
- Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena
- West African oyan Poiana leightoni
- West African potto Perodicticus potto
- West African slender-snouted crocodile Mecistops cataphractus
- West Caucasian tur Capra caucasica
- West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus
- West Indian whistling duck Dendrocygna arborea
- West Indian woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- West Papuan lorikeet Charmosyna papou
- West Peruvian dove Zenaida meloda
- West Siberian lemming Lemmus sibiricus
- Western banded snake eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus
- Western barn owl Tyto alba
- Western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville
- Western black-eared wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Western Bonelli's warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Western brush wallaby Notamacropus irma
- Western capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
- Western corella Cacatua pastinator
- Western crowned pigeon Goura cristata
- Western dwarf hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Western gorilla Gorilla gorilla
- Western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus
- Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western green mamba Dendroaspis viridis
- Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
- Western gull Larus occidentalis
- Western honey bee Apis mellifera
- Western hooded pitta Pitta sordida
- Western house martin Delichon urbicum
- Western jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Western long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijni
- Western long-tailed hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western olivaceous warbler Iduna opaca
- Western Orphean warbler Curruca hortensis
- Western parotia Parotia sefilata
- Western plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Western quoll Dasyurus geoffroii
- Western red colobus Piliocolobus badius
- Western reef heron Egretta gularis
- Western rock nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Western rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
- Western rosella Platycercus icterotis
- Western sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western screech owl Megascops kennicottii
- Western spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus
- Western spotted skunk Spilogale gracilis
- Western swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus
- Western tree hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis
- Western woolly flying squirrel Eupetaurus cinereus
- Western yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
- Westland petrel Procellaria westlandica
- Weyns's duiker Cephalophus weynsi
- Whale shark Rhincodon typus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Whiskered auklet Aethia pygmaea
- Whiskered pitta Erythropitta kochi
- Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Whiskered treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Whistling heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Whistling kite Haliastur sphenurus
- White bellbird Procnias albus
- White cockatoo Cacatua alba
- White eared pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- White hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
- White stork Ciconia ciconia
- White wagtail Motacilla alba
- White's thrush Zoothera aurea
- White-backed duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- White-backed mousebird Colius colius
- White-backed thrush Turdus kessleri
- White-backed vulture Gyps africanus
- White-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- White-barred piculet Picumnus cirratus
- White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- White-bearded antshrike Biatas nigropectus
- White-bellied bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- White-bellied drongo Dicrurus caerulescens
- White-bellied duiker Cephalophus leucogaster
- White-bellied erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- White-bellied green pigeon Treron sieboldii
- White-bellied heron Ardea insignis
- White-bellied imperial pigeon Ducula forsteni
- White-bellied munia Lonchura leucogastra
- White-bellied musk deer Moschus leucogaster
- White-bellied nothura Nothura boraquira
- White-bellied pangolin Phataginus tricuspis
- White-bellied parrot Pionites leucogaster
- White-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth
- White-bellied storm petrel Fregetta grallaria
- White-bellied treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra
- White-bellied woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- White-bellied woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- White-billed buffalo weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- White-billed crow Corvus woodfordi
- White-booted racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- White-breasted guinea fowl Agelastes meleagrides
- White-breasted mesite Mesitornis variegatus
- White-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-browed fantail Rhipidura aureola
- White-browed guan Penelope jacucaca
- White-browed nuthatch Sitta victoriae
- White-browed piculet Sasia ochracea
- White-browed tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- White-browed wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis
- White-capped bunting Emberiza stewarti
- White-capped dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- White-capped fruit dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii
- White-cheeked barbet Psilopogon viridis
- White-cheeked bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis
- White-cheeked nuthatch Sitta leucopsis
- White-cheeked pintail Anas bahamensis
- White-cheeked spider monkey Ateles marginatus
- White-cheeked tern Sterna repressa
- White-chinned petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- White-collared blackbird Turdus albocinctus
- White-collared kite Leptodon forbesi
- White-collared pigeon Columba albitorques
- White-crested guan Penelope pileata
- White-crested laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- White-crested tiger heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- White-crested turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- White-crowned hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- White-crowned lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- White-crowned parrot Pionus senilis
- White-crowned pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-crowned wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- White-eared barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- White-eared bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- White-eared catbird Ailuroedus buccoides
- White-eared night heron Oroanassa magnifica
- White-eared opossum Didelphis albiventris
- White-eared titi monkey Plecturocebus donacophilus
- White-eyed buzzard Butastur teesa
- White-eyed gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- White-eyed parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- White-eyed river martin Pseudochelidon sirintarae
- White-faced cuckoo-dove Turacoena manadensis
- White-faced heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi
- White-faced saki Pithecia pithecia
- White-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina
- White-faced whistling duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus
- White-fronted amazon Amazona albifrons
- White-fronted bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-fronted falconet Microhierax latifrons
- White-fronted scops owl Otus sagittatus
- White-fronted tern Sterna striata
- White-fronted woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
- White-headed buffalo weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- White-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala
- White-headed fruit dove Ptilinopus eugeniae
- White-headed lemur Eulemur albifrons
- White-headed marmoset Callithrix geoffroyi
- White-headed mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- White-headed munia Lonchura maja
- White-headed pigeon Columba leucomela
- White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- White-headed woodpecker Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
- White-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari
- White-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis
- White-naped crane Antigone vipio
- White-naped woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus
- White-necked coucal Centropus ateralbus
- White-necked crow Corvus leucognaphalus
- White-necked heron Ardea pacifica
- White-necked jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- White-necked petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
- White-necked raven Corvus albicollis
- White-necked rockfowl Picathartes gymnocephalus
- White-necked thrush Turdus albicollis
- White-nosed coati Nasua narica
- White-rumped kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus
- White-rumped munia Lonchura striata
- White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- White-rumped shama Copsychus malabaricus
- White-rumped snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- White-rumped swift Apus caffer
- White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis
- White-shouldered ibis Pseudibis davisoni
- White-shouldered starling Sturnia sinensis
- White-sided jackrabbit Lepus callotis
- White-spectacled bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- White-spotted woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- White-striped dorcopsis Dorcopsis hageni
- White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
- White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- White-tailed hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- White-tailed jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
- White-tailed jay Cyanocorax mystacalis
- White-tailed kite Elanus leucurus
- White-tailed lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda
- White-tailed nuthatch Sitta himalayensis
- White-tailed prairie dog Cynomys leucurus
- White-tailed ptarmigan Lagopus leucura
- White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- White-thighed hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
- White-throated bush chat Saxicola insignis
- White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus
- White-throated fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- White-throated guenon Cercopithecus erythrogaster
- White-throated hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- White-throated magpie-jay Cyanocorax formosus
- White-throated needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- White-throated robin Irania gutturalis
- White-throated rock thrush Monticola gularis
- White-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-throated swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- White-throated toucan Ramphastos tucanus
- White-tipped dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-tipped plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- White-tipped sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- White-tufted grebe Rollandia rolland
- White-vented violetear Colibri serrirostris
- White-whiskered hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
- White-winged dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-winged duck Asarcornis scutulata
- White-winged fairywren Malurus leucopterus
- White-winged grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- White-winged guan Penelope albipennis
- White-winged lark Alauda leucoptera
- White-winged magpie Urocissa whiteheadi
- White-winged scoter Melanitta deglandi
- White-winged snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis
- White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-winged warbler Xenoligea montana
- White-winged woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Whitehead's broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi
- Whitehead's spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae
- Whitehead's trogon Harpactes whiteheadi
- Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus
- Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus
- Whooping crane Grus americana
- Wied's marmoset Callithrix kuhlii
- Wild boar Sus scrofa
- Wild goat Capra aegagrus
- Wild horse Equus ferus
- Wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee
- Wild yak Bos mutus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
- Willow tit Poecile montanus
- Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Wilson's bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes respublica
- Wilson's phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Wilson's snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Wilson's warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Winter white dwarf hamster Phodopus sungorus
- Wire-crested thorntail Discosura popelairii
- Wire-tailed swallow Hirundo smithii
- Wolf Canis lupus
- Wolf's mona monkey Cercopithecus wolfi
- Wolverine Gulo gulo
- Wompoo fruit dove Ptilinopus magnificus
- Wonga pigeon Leucosarcia melanoleuca
- Wood duck Aix sponsa
- Wood lemming Myopus schisticolor
- Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus
- Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Wood snipe Gallinago nemoricola
- Wood stork Mycteria americana
- Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Woodchat shrike Lanius senator
- Woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus
- Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Woodpecker finch Camarhynchus pallidus
- Woolly hare Lepus oiostolus
- Woylie Bettongia penicillata
- Wreathed hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus
- Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata
- Wrinkled hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Writhed hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
- Wroughton's free-tailed bat Otomops wroughtoni
- Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis