Image Credits & Licenses

Animal photographs are from Wikimedia Commons under the licenses noted below. Thanks to the photographers who share their work.

Only CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA and public-domain images are used here — never a NonCommercial licence. If a credit on this page is wrong or an image should not be here, contact the operator and it will be fixed or removed.

  • Aardvark - CC BY 2.5 · MontageMan is the author of the original image, I did the crop · source
  • Aardwolf - CC BY-SA 3.0 · by Dkaeuferle = Dominik Käuferle · source
  • Abantiades barcas - CC BY 2.0 · John Tann from Sydney, Australia · source
  • Abantiades hyalinatus - CC BY 2.0 · dhobern · source
  • Abantiades hydrographus - Public domain · Unknown. (Editor: Adalbert Seitz) · source
  • Abantiades labyrinthicus - CC BY 2.0 · Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · source
  • Abantiades leucochiton - CC BY 2.0 · Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark · source
  • Abantiades magnificus - CC BY 4.0 · Cathy Powers · source
  • Abantiades sericatus - CC BY 4.0 · Australian National Insect Collection · source
  • Abe's Salamander - CC BY 4.0 · Ministry of the Environment, Japan · source
  • Acanthodactylus aureus - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · source
  • Acantholimnophila bispina - CC BY 4.0 · Steve Kerr · source
  • Acartia (Acartiura) clausi - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Minami Himemiya · source
  • Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis - CC BY 4.0 · Centre for Biodiversity Genomics · source
  • Acerodon mackloti - Public domain · Matschie, Paul. · source
  • Acrophoca longirostris - CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ryan Somma · source
  • Actitis macularius - CC BY-SA 3.0 · No machine-readable author provided. Factumquintus assumed (based on copyright claims). · source
  • Adcrocuta eximia - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Izvora · source
  • Adelomyia melanogenys - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles J. Sharp · source
  • Adocus beatus - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hectonichus · source
  • Aenetus dulcis - CC BY 4.0 · botanygirl · source
  • Aenetus eximia - CC BY 4.0 · Russell Best · source
  • Aenetus lewinii - CC BY 2.0 · John Tann from Sydney, Australia · source
  • Aenetus ligniveren - CC BY 4.0 · Donald Hobern · source
  • Aenetus scripta - Public domain · Unknown author Unknown author · source
  • Aenetus virescens - CC BY 4.0 · [1] · source
  • Aeoliscoides longirostris - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ghedoghedo · source
  • Aepus marinus - CC BY-SA 2.0 · Udo Schmidt from Deutschland · source
  • Afep Pigeon - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tom Tarrant · source
  • African Black Swift - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Trevor Hardaker, Cape Town, South Africa · source
  • African Bush Elephant - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles J. Sharp · source
  • African civet - Public domain · The original uploader was Baldhur at German Wikipedia . ( Original text: http://www.atourhands.com/civet.html ) · source
  • African Finfoot - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tom Tarrant · source
  • African Grey Parrot - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Florettesokeng · source
  • African Jacana - CC BY 2.0 · Chris Eason · source
  • African manatee - CC0 · Gameraquai · source
  • African Olive Pigeon - CC BY-SA 3.0 · JMK · source
  • African sheath-tailed bat - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tom JAMONNEAU · source
  • African skimmer - CC BY 2.0 · Robert Muckley · source
  • African Wattled Lapwing - CC BY 3.0 · Whit Welles · source
  • African wedgefish - CC BY 4.0 · Alec B. M. Moore · source
  • African yellow bat - CC BY 3.0 · Susan Ellis , , Bugwood.org · source
  • Agami Heron - CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chris Jimenez · source
  • Agenioideus cinctellus - Public domain · Edward Saunders · source
  • Agile gracile opossum - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Naturalselections · source
  • Ahanta Francolin - Public domain · Bijdragen tot de dierkunde, pl. XIV · source
  • Alabama map turtle - CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons contributor · source
  • Alestes ansorgii - Public domain · Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937 · source
  • Alestes baremoze - Public domain · Wikimedia Commons contributor · source
  • Alestes dentex - CC BY 4.0 · Muséum national d'histoire naturelle · source
  • Alestes liebrechtsii - Public domain · Boulenger · source
  • Alestes macrophthalmus - CC0 · Daderot · source
  • Alexandrine Parakeet - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles J. Sharp · source
  • Alfaro cultratus - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Haplochromis · source
  • Alima hieroglyphica - Public domain · Kemp, Stanley. · source
  • Alima neptuni - Public domain · Ernst Haeckel · source
  • Allaeochelys crassesculpta - CC0 · Daderot · source
  • Allen's Gallinule - CC BY 2.0 · Martien Brand from Mariënberg, The Netherlands · source
  • allied owlet-nightjar - Public domain · John Gerrard Keulemans · source
  • Allocotocera pulchella - Public domain · John Curtis · source
  • Alpaca - CC BY-SA 2.5 · Christophe Meneboeuf · source
  • alpine salamander - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Thomas Huntke, Germany (der Uploader) http://www.huntke.de · source
  • Amaurornis cinerea - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ariefrahman · source
  • Amaurornis olivieri - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anai171 · source
  • Amazilia amabilis - CC BY 2.0 · Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · source
  • Amazilia boucardi - Public domain · Jean-Marie Fugère (1818-1882) · source
  • Amazilia cyanocephala - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Joseph C Boone · source
  • Amazilia leucogaster - CC BY 2.0 · Marcos André · source
  • Amazilia rutila - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Charles J. Sharp · source
  • Amazon molly - Public domain · Wikimedia Commons contributor · source
  • Amazonian manatee - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fábia Luna/ICMBioCMA · source
  • Amber-colored salamander - CC0 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution · source
  • Amblypterus latus - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Agassiz, 1833 · source
  • Amblypterus nemopterus - CC BY-SA 4.0 · (Agassiz, 1833) · source
  • Amboherpia heterotecta - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Elena Gerasimova/Universitetsmuseet i Bergen, Universitetet i Bergen · source
  • Amboina box turtle - CC BY-SA 2.0 · The original uploader was Wilfried Berns at German Wikipedia . · source
  • Ambondro mahabo - CC BY-SA 3.0 · A.R. Wyss · source
  • American Alligator - CC BY-SA 3.0 · User:Postdlf · source
  • American Avocet - CC BY-SA 2.0 · Don DeBold · source
  • American Badger - CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jonathunder · source
  • American Beaver - CC BY 2.0 · Vlad Podvorny · source
  • American Bison - Public domain · Jack Dykinga · source
  • American Black Bear - CC BY 2.0 · California Department of Fish and Wildlife from Sacramento, CA, USA · source
  • American Bullfrog - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sixflashphoto · source
  • American conger - Public domain · SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC · source
  • American Coot - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rhododendrites · source
  • American Crow - CC BY-SA 3.0 · DickDaniels · source
  • American Flamingo - CC0 · Wilfredor · source
  • American Golden Plover - Public domain · O. W. Johnson · source
  • American Robin - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rhododendrites · source
  • Amorphochilus schnablii - Public domain · Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin · source
  • Amphilestes broderipii - Public domain · From Owen. · source
  • Amphisbaena microcephalum - Public domain · in Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny · source
  • Amphiuma pholeter - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Captainjack0000 · source
  • Amphizoa insolens - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Omaz0570 · source
  • Anadia bogotensis - CC BY 4.0 · ajott · source
  • Anadia marmorata - Public domain · George Henry Ford · source
  • Anadia mcdiarmidi - CC BY 3.0 · (Photographs by Philippe J.R. Kok.) Kok P.J.R. & Rivas G.A. 2011. A new species of Anadia (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Venezuelan 'Lost World', northern South America. European Journal of Taxonomy 3: 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2011.3 · source
  • Anadia ocellata - CC BY 4.0 · J Straka · source
  • Anadia pulchella - CC BY 4.0 · (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · source

Animal Sounds

Animal sound recordings are openly licensed from Wikimedia Commons and xeno-canto.

  • African Bush Elephant - CC BY 2.5 · King L, Soltis J, Douglas-Hamilton I, Savage A, Vollrath F · source
  • Atlantic Puffin - CC BY-SA 4.0 · British Library · source
  • Bald Eagle - Public domain · NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett · source
  • Bengal Tiger - CC0 · schots · source
  • Black Flying Fox - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Andy Mabbett · source
  • Eurasian Eagle-Owl - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert Petersen · source
  • European Hedgehog - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fiver, der Hellseher · source
  • Giant Panda - Public domain · Mizunoryu · source
  • Giraffe - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anton Baotic, Florian Sicks and Angela S. Stoeger · source
  • Great fruit-eating bat - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kai Medina (mk170101) · source
  • Indian Peafowl - CC BY-SA 4.0 · SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy · source
  • Peregrine Falcon - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sharadapte · source
  • Raccoon - CC BY 3.0 · jnargus · source
  • Red Fox - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alexander Kurthy · source
  • Red Panda - Public domain · Mizunoryu · source
  • Ruffed Grouse - Public domain · NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas / Jennifer Jerrett · source
  • Toco Toucan - CC BY 4.0 · Fabrício Grigolin · source
  • White-booted Racket-tail - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Niels Krabbe · source
  • White-winged Guan - CC BY-SA 4.0 · Igor Lazo · source

Guide illustrations

Diagrams and engravings used inside the guides, credited here as well as in the caption on the page itself.