Dataset
Catalogue of Life
2026
Abstract
The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-01-13 (COL26.1) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 60290 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life’s infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon.
This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified.
This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the COL’s data GitHub repository. We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.
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- Title
- Catalogue of Life
- Creators
- Olaf Bánki - Art UKYury Roskov - Illinois Archaeological SurveyMarkus Döring - Global Biodiversity Information FacilityGeoff Ower - Illinois Archaeological SurveyDiana Raquel Hernández Robles - Species 2000Camila Andrea Plata Corredor - Species 2000Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen - GBIFAri Örn - Volunteer Behavioral Health Care SystemThomas Pape - University of CopenhagenDonald Hobern - Art UKStephen Garnett - Charles Darwin UniversityHolly Little - Smithsonian InstitutionR. Edward DeWalt - Illinois Archaeological SurveyJoe Miller - Global Biodiversity Information FacilityThomas Orrell - Smithsonian InstitutionRolf Aalbu - California Academy of SciencesJohn Abbott - University of West AlabamaCarlos Aedo - Real Jardín BotánicoE. AeschtSara AlexanderMiguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga - Museo Nacional de Ciencias NaturalesBelinda AlvarezGiovani Carlos AndrellaLucas Silveira AntoniettoClaudia ArangoTom ArtoisMargoth Atahuachi BurgosStephen AtkinsonJohn J. Atwood - Missouri Botanical GardenÂngela Lúcia Bagnatori SartoriNicolas Bailly - British MuseumJoaquín Baixeras - Universitat de ValènciaEdward Baker - The Natural History MuseumAnoop BalanRoger BamberSubir BandyopadhyayH. Barber-JamesRafael Barbosa PintoRussell BarrettL. BartolozziI. BartschGeorge Beccaloni - Natural History MuseumC.L. BellamyDenise Bellan-SantiniP.F. BellingerYair Ben-Dov - Agricultural Research OrganizationIsabel Blasco-CostaTheo BlickJames S. BoatwrightPhil BockBarry BoltonLeonardo M. BorgesRoseli BortoluzziRobert L. Bossard - Bose (United States)Cornelio Bota-Sierra - Universidad de AntioquiaPatrice Bouchard - Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaNicole Boury-EsnaultGeoff BoxshallChristopher BoykoSimone BrandãoHolger Braun - Centro Científico Tecnológico - La PlataRod BrayGunnar Brehm - Friedrich Schiller University JenaJohn C. Brinda - Missouri Botanical GardenPaul D Brock - Natural History MuseumSteven L. BroichJohn Brown - Smithsonian InstitutionSamuel Brown - Plant & Food ResearchSavatore BrulloAnne BruneauLouise BushThies Büscher - Christian-Albrechts-UniversitätMagdalena Błażewicz-PaszkowyczAnalyn Cabras - Davao Oriental State UniversityStephen CairnsMichael Calonje - Montgomery Botanical CenterIvanklin Soares Campos-FilhoWarren Cardinal-McTeagueDomingos CardosoLilian Cardoso - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroPaulyn CartwrightR.C. CastilhoElizeu B. CastroIsabella C. Castro SilvaAngélica CervantesMaria ChatzakiAlexey ChernyshevHerve Chevillotte - Institut de Recherche pour le DéveloppementLe Min ChooHenry ChoongK.A. ChristiansenF. CianferoniMaria Marta Cigliano - Universidad Nacional de La PlataRuth ClarkeThiago Cobra e MonteiroAllen CollinsJames ComptonDenis Copilaș-CiocianuLaure CorbariRalf CordeiroCoreoideaSF Team - Natural History MuseumKevin Cortés-Hernández - Arizona State UniversityMark John Costello - University of AucklandSimon CrameriJesus A. Cruz-López - Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y PecuariasPaco CárdenasBrian DagleyMeg DalyMikhail DaneliyaRakhee DangiJean-Claude DauvinPeter DavieClaude De BroyerSammy De GraveHaroldo C. De LimaJurate De Prins - Institute of Natural SciencesWilly De Prins - Institute of Natural SciencesFilipe De SousaManuel De la EstrellaRob DeSallePeter DeckerWim Decock - Flanders Marine InstituteAlfonso Delgado-SalinasCyrille DeliryPablo M Dellapé - Universidad Nacional de La PlataJ. Den HeyerKlaas-Douwe DijkstraD.A. Dmitriev - INHS, University of IllinoisMartin DohrmannÓscar DoradoFranck Dorkeld - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementRachel DowneyLei DuanRodrigo Duno de StefanoMaria-Cristina DíazDavid C Eades - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAshley N. EganMichael EitelAliya El NagarChristian C. Emig - BrachNetMichael S. Engel - American Museum of Natural HistoryPatricia Esquete GarroteG.A. EvansNeal L Evenhuis - Bernice P. Bishop MuseumMarcus FalcãoFrank FarruggiaKristian FauchaldDaphne FautinColin Favret - Université de MontréalJulia FermBrian FisherCene FišerAndrés Fonseca-CortésL. ForróAna Paula Fortuna-PerezHelen Fortune-HopkinsPeter FritschAnne Fuchs - Australian National Botanic GardensShinta FujimotoHidetaka FuruyaEdeline GagnonHoria GaleaRade GaricRebeca GascaJ.-L. GattolliatSarah GerkenAlexandre Gibau de LimaDavid GibsonCees Gielis - Naturalis Biodiversity CenterTodd Gilligan - National Quarantine StationGonzalo Giribet - Harvard UniversityJennifer C. Girón Duque - Invertebrate Zoology Collection, Museum of Texas Tech UniversityArjan GittenbergerGianpietro Giusso del GaldoSerge GofasMikhail GoncharovAnne Isabelley GondimClaire GoodwinRafaël Govaerts - Royal Botanic Gardens, KewMichal GrabowskiAlexia de A. Granado - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBernarda de Souza GregórioJohn R. Grehan - Florida Museum of Natural HistoryRosaura GretherDavid A. Grimaldi - American Museum of Natural HistoryOnno GrossJosé Manuel Guerra-GarcíaAlberto GuglielmoneEric GuilbertTobias Guldberg Frøslev - Global Biodiversity Information FacilityJosef Gusenleitner - Landesmuseum KärntenMarkus GökerFabian Haas - International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyKerry A. HadfieldEduardo HajduMichael Hassler - Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyMichael W. Hastriter - Brigham Young UniversityAxel Hausmann - Bavarian State Collection of ZoologyBruce W. HaywardEd HendrycksThomas J Henry - National Museum of Natural HistoryF.A. HernandesHéctor Hernández MacíasJuan Carlos Hernández-Crespo - Real Jardín BotánicoAdrian Hine - Natural History MuseumBoon-Chuan HoAlicia HodsonBert HoeksemaMario HoenemannJ. HolsteinMatthew HoogeJohn HooperHeidi Hopkins - University of Illinois SystemIvan Horak - University of PretoriaTammy HortonJirí HošekColin HughesLauren HughesThomas HughesRony HuysJiří Háva - Private Entomological Laboratory & CollectionC. HäuserJoão IganciF. JanssensDamià JaumeFirouzeh JavadiKrzysztof JazdzewskiChristian D. JersabekKevin P Johnson - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignLucas JordãoPeter JägerPiotr JóźwiakHiroshi KajiharaKeiichi KakuiAxel Kallies - The University of MelbourneMarcin Jan Kamiński - Polish Academy of SciencesKojun Kanda - University of ArizonaIvana KaranovicJeyaraney Kathirithamby - University of OxfordMichelle KellyYoung-Hyo KimRachael KingPaul Kirk - Royal Botanic Gardens, KewIan Kitching - Natural History MuseumMichelle KlautauBente B. KlitgaardStefan KoenemannN.M. KorovchinskyA. KotovTatiana KraminaTraudl Krapp-SchickelAntonina KremenetskaiaKumar Krishna - American Museum of Natural HistoryValerie Krishna - American Museum of Natural HistoryAndreas KrohChristian KropfA.S. KroupaAdriano B. Kury - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroMilena S. Kury - Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos HídricosJiří Kvaček - National MuseumOlivier LachenaudCarlos Lado - Real Jardín BotánicoGretchen LambertLorena Lana C. AtunesMatt LavinDavid LazarusFrançois Le CozeMarianne Le RouxSara LeCroyJosé Ledis LinaresSangmi Lee - Arizona State UniversityMartin F. LeitnerGwilym P. LewisShi-Jin LiJi Li-Qiang - Institute of ZoologyRobert (†) LichtwardtSwee-Cheng LimDhugal LindsayV. LohrmannStuart J. LonghornWolfgang LorenzJim LowryFederico Lozano - National University of AvellanedaRyan Lumen - University of ArizonaChris HC Lyal - Natural History MuseumAnne-Nina LörzLarry MadinPhilippe Magnien - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleChristopher MahNoel Mal - Institute of Natural SciencesValéry MalécotTomasz MamosRenata ManconiVidal MansanoKelly MarkelloKoen Martens - Institute of Natural SciencesJon H. Martin - Natural History MuseumPatrick MartinKagiso S. MashegoSvetlana MaslakovaBruce Maslin - Australian National HerbariumSawai MattaphaMaciej MańkoCatherine McFaddenS. McKameyJ.A. McMurtryMiguel Angel Medrano - National Archaeology MuseumJan MeesJan P. Meier-KolthoffKenneth MelandAmanda C. Mendes - Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroKelly MerrinN.C. MesaCharles MessingCarlos G.C. Mielke - University of FloridaAlain Migeon - French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE)Douglas R Miller - Institute of EntomologyClaudia MillsAlessandro MinelliDavid MitchellMolluscaBase edsTina MolodtsovaJosé Francisco Montenegro VallsRichard MooiAndré MorandiniRosana Moreira da RochaChristine MorrowAnnah MoteeteeLeidys Murillo-Ramos - University of SucreBruce MurphyJ.P.Z. NaritaNemys edsU Neu-Becker - Max Planck InstituteBirger NeuhausAlfred Newton - Field Museum of Natural HistoryPeter Ng Kee LinDavid Nicolson - Smithsonian InstitutionJohn E. NielsenArd Nijhof - Freie Universität BerlinTeruaki NishikawaJon NorenburgShawn A. O'DonnellTim O'HaraR. OchoaHiroyoshi OhashiKazuaki OhashiJustin Ollerenshaw - Natural History MuseumHirotsugu OnoPjotr OosterbroekDennis OpreskoRoy OsborneHans-Jürgen OsigusJ.D. OswaldYuzo OtaDaniel Otte - Drexel UniversityDavid Ouvrard - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleLuciano Paganucci de QueirozArun PandeyAidan C. ParteGustav PaulayDennis Paulson - University of Puget SoundR. Toby PenningtonJulia da Silva PereiraSávio Gabriel Gomes PereiraDaniel Perez-GelabertA. PetrusekPete PhillipsonDaniela PicaUlisses PinheiroMarli Pires MorimAndrzej PiseraBrian Pitkin - Natural History MuseumDavid Plotkin - Florida Museum of Natural HistoryBruna Poatskievick PierezanGary PooreMaria PovydyshRayran Araújo PraxedesW.J. PulawskiRichard Pyle - Bernice P. Bishop MuseumFranz Pühringer - Landesmuseum KärntenHossein Rajaei - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartNivohenintsoa RakotonirinaGustavo RamosJuliana RandoFabiana Ranzato FilardiLauren Raz - Universidad Nacional de ColombiaGeoffrey ReadTony ReesMike ReichJames Davis ReimerLorenz C. ReimerJan Ove Rein - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyJohn ReynoldsCristina RheimsJudy Rincón - Centro Científico Tecnológico - La PlataMarc RiusTim Robertson - Global Biodiversity Information FacilityGaden Robinson - Natural History MuseumEstefania RodríguezMichael Ruggiero - Smithsonian InstitutionPilar RíosKlaus RützlerLara Milena SabaterRomain SabrouxKaveh Samimi-NaminA. SanbornMunivenkatappa SanjappaStéfhanne Guimarães SantosArnoldo Santos-GuerraJoaquim Sardà CarbasseM. SartoriKlaus Sattler - Natural History MuseumBernd SchierwaterSteve SchillingRowan SchleyC. Schmid-EggerA. Schmidt-RhaesaPaul Schoolmeesters - Chester County Historical SocietyMartin SchorrBrian SchrirePeter SchuchertR.T. SchuhChristine SchönbergRodrigo Schütz RodriguesMalcolm Scoble - Natural History MuseumGuillermo SeijoElidiene Priscila SelemeAndré SennaCristiana SerejoA. SforziNoa ShenkarGustavo ShimizuVolker SiegelPetra SierwaldPasi Sihvonen - University of HelsinkiAndréia Silva FloresCatarina Silva de CarvalhoMarcelo Fragomeni SimonThomas Simonsen - Natural History MuseumCharles E. SimpsonFrederic SinnigerYotsawate SirichamornMichael Skvarla - Pennsylvania State UniversityAaron D. Smith - University of ArizonaVincent S Smith - Natural History MuseumDanilo Soares GissiDmitry SokoloffSolange SotuyoEric J. South - Lyon CollegeJesser F. Souza-FilhoLauren Spearman - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyJörg SpeldaA. SteinerTorben StemmeWolfgang SterrerDennis Stevenson - New York Botanical GardenMartin B D Stiewe - Natural History MuseumCharles H. StirtonShannon StraubG Stueber - Max Planck InstituteSabine StöhrShweta SubramaniamBillie SwallaJacek Swedo - University of GdańskHeitor Almeida Batista SáM. Sánchez-RuizMartin Vinther SørensenD.M. TakiyaAnne Helene TandbergGerard Tavakilian - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelleKristian TaylorA. ThessenJames Darwin ThomasPhillip Thomas - Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghScott Thomson - Centro de Estudos da VozThripsWikiErik ThuesenMats ThulinMike ThurstonBen ThuyAntonio TodaroBenjamin M. TorkeSz-Yi Tsai - Taif UniversityM. TuriaultJohn R.G. Turner - University of LeedsThomas TurnerXavier TuronSeth TylerUCD CommunityPeter Uetz - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityJonah M. Ulmer - Pennsylvania State UniversityJean VaceletDaniel VachardWim VaderGeorgina Valls DomedelXander Van der BurgtLeen Vandepitte - Flanders Marine InstituteBart Vanhoorne - Flanders Marine InstituteMohammad VatanparastTristan VerhoeffRonald VonkRisto VäinöläGenefor Walker-SmithT. Chad WalterNina Wambiji - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research InstituteDominic Wanke - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartLes WatlingHaylee Weaver - Australian GovernmentJ. WebbW.C. WelbournChristopher WhippsKristine WhiteNicholas WildingGary WilliamsAnnette J.G. WilsonPeter Wing - Natural History MuseumSophie WinitskyChristopher C. Wirth - University of ArizonaMartin WojciechowskiSimon WoodmanJoana XavierTingshuang YiMathew Yoder - Illinois Archaeological SurveyDicky Sick Ki Yu - Taxapad projectNikolai Yunakov - American Museum of Natural HistoryJ. ZahniserWolfgang ZeidlerRong ZhangF. ZinettiJean-Loup d'HondtG.J. de MoraesAna Beatriz Ramos de Oliveira - Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroNicole de VoogdM. Guadalupe del Río - Universidad Nacional de La PlataTon van HaarenE.J. van NieukerkenLeen van OfwegenRob van SoestOzan ŞentürkPaleobiology Database contributors (Collaboration)
- Publisher
- Catalogue of Life Foundation; Amsterdam, NL
- Edition
- COL26.1
- Resource Type
- Dataset
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES)
- Other Identifier
- 991022155333804721