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Saturday, 18 July 2026

Global Animal Guide

Omnivores

106 species whose profiles list a omnivore diet — ranked by popularity, each with an answer-first guide.

Quick answer

Omnivores eat both plant and animal foods, switching with season, habitat, and opportunity. Flexible diets help them thrive near people and in changing landscapes — foxes, bears, pigs, and many birds are classic examples. Omnivory is a strategy, not a single tooth type.

How we group by diet

Facets are built from structured Diet facts on each species page — not from a separate taxonomy dump. Open any card for habitat, range, and IUCN status in one place. Also browse by habitat or biome hubs.

Golden retriever dog sitting on green grass in a sunny park

Mammal

Dog

Humanity's oldest animal companion

Honey badger with grey-white mantle and black body walking across dry savanna ground

Mammal

Honey Badger

The world's most fearless animal

Free-range chicken foraging in farmyard

Bird

Chicken

The world's most common bird

Male mallard duck with green head on pond

Bird

Mallard

The familiar puddle duck

Aye-aye with large eyes and elongated finger

Mammal

Aye-aye

Madagascar's nocturnal oddity

Japanese macaque snow monkey soaking in a steaming hot spring pool in winter

Mammal

Japanese Macaque

The hot-spring snow monkey of Japan

Brown bear standing in a mountain meadow with forest behind

Mammal

Brown Bear

The widespread bear of the Northern Hemisphere

Grizzly bear standing in a shallow river with pine forest behind

Mammal

Grizzly Bear

North America's iconic brown bear

Red panda perched on a mossy branch in a misty Himalayan forest

Mammal

Red Panda

The fiery-furred resident of the Himalayas

American black bear foraging in a deciduous forest

Mammal

American Black Bear

North America's adaptable forest bear

Male mandrill with colourful face ridges

Mammal

Mandrill

The world's most colourful primate

Bonobo resting in lush Congo rainforest canopy

Mammal

Bonobo

The peaceful ape of the Congo Basin

Chimpanzee sitting in a lush rainforest with a thoughtful expression

Mammal

Chimpanzee

Our closest living relative

Wild boar with bristly coat and tusks in European woodland

Mammal

Wild Boar

The ancestor of the domestic pig

Channel catfish with barbels near river bottom

Fish

Channel Catfish

North America's whiskered bottom feeder

Banded mongoose troop foraging

Mammal

Banded Mongoose

The cobra's agile rival

Orange and white clownfish nestled among sea anemone tentacles

Fish

Clownfish

The reef fish that lives among stinging tentacles

Fennec fox in desert sand, a tiny pale fox with very large ears and dark alert eyes

Mammal

Fennec Fox

The tiny desert fox with enormous ears

Domestic pig rooting in pasture

Mammal

Domestic Pig

The intelligent farm mammal

Sun bear with golden chest patch climbing in tropical forest

Mammal

Sun Bear

The smallest bear of Southeast Asia's rainforests

Sulphur-crested cockatoo with raised yellow crest in eucalyptus

Bird

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Australia's loud crested parrot

Rooster with red comb crowing at sunrise in a farmyard

Bird

Rooster

The crowing guardian of the barnyard flock

Sugar glider mid-glide with patagium stretched and large dark eyes facing forward

Mammal

Sugar Glider

Nocturnal gliding marsupial of eucalypt forests

White whooping crane with black wingtips and red crown walking in a coastal marsh

Bird

Whooping Crane

Tallest North American bird and conservation icon

Bearded dragon basking on a warm desert rock with spiny beard

Reptile

Bearded Dragon

The friendly desert lizard and favorite pet reptile

Olive baboon troop on savanna

Mammal

Olive Baboon

Africa's adaptable monkey

Syrian hamster with stuffed cheek pouches in clean bedding

Mammal

Hamster

The classic pocket-sized pet rodent

Capuchin monkey in tropical forest

Mammal

Capuchin Monkey

The clever New World monkey

Sloth bear with shaggy black coat and long snout foraging for insects

Mammal

Sloth Bear

India's shaggy insect-eating bear

Rhinoceros hornbill with orange casque perched in rainforest canopy

Bird

Rhinoceros Hornbill

The thunderbird of Borneo's rainforest

Emu standing in Australian outback

Bird

Emu

Australia's flightless giant

Spectacled bear with pale facial markings in Andean cloud forest

Mammal

Spectacled Bear

The only bear native to South America

Male ring-necked pheasant with long tail in autumn field

Bird

Common Pheasant

The ring-necked game bird of field and forest

Kea with orange underwing coverts flashing as it perches on alpine scree

Bird

Kea

Alpine parrot renowned for curiosity

Red fox with a bushy tail standing in a snowy field looking alert

Mammal

Red Fox

The most widespread wild carnivore on Earth

Sandhill crane pair dancing with wings spread

Bird

Sandhill Crane

North America's dancing crane

Crested gecko with eyelash-like crests and sticky toe pads clinging to a vertical branch

Reptile

Crested Gecko

Eyelash-crested gecko of New Caledonia

Raccoon with a black mask standing on a fallen log in a forest at dusk

Mammal

Raccoon

The masked, clever-handed night raider

Male peacock displaying its full iridescent blue and green tail fan

Bird

Peacock

The dazzling showman of the bird world

Warthog kneeling to graze on African savanna grass

Mammal

Warthog

Africa's tusked savanna pig

Male wild turkey displaying fanned tail

Bird

Wild Turkey

North America's ground bird

Eastern box turtle with domed shell

Reptile

Eastern Box Turtle

North America's hinged turtle

Golden jackal standing alert in dry savanna grass

Mammal

Golden Jackal

The adaptable wild dog of three continents

Male house sparrow with grey crown and black bib perched on a brick wall

Bird

House Sparrow

Ubiquitous sparrow of towns and farms

Greater bilby with long pinkish ears and pointed snout emerging from red desert sand

Mammal

Greater Bilby

Long-eared desert bandicoot

Ring-tailed lemur sitting on a branch in a Madagascar forest, showing its grey body and black-and-white striped tail

Mammal

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Madagascar's striped-tailed, sun-bathing primate

Bright orange goldfish swimming in clear aquarium water

Fish

Goldfish

The world's most popular pet fish

Painted turtle basking on log in pond

Reptile

Painted Turtle

The pond slider of North America

Eastern blue-tongued skink with broad blue tongue extended against brown banded flanks

Reptile

Blue-tongued Skink

Stocky Australian skink with a blue tongue

Green basilisk with sail-like head and dorsal crests running bipedally across a stream

Reptile

Green Basilisk

Jesus Christ lizard that runs on water

Great tit with black head, white cheeks, and yellow belly striped with a black ventral line

Bird

Great Tit

Bold black-capped tit of Eurasian gardens

Adult ostrich standing on dry African grassland with long neck and large eyes

Bird

Ostrich

The largest and fastest bird on land

European robin with a bright orange-red breast perched on a frosty twig in winter

Bird

European Robin

Britain's beloved red-breasted garden bird

Striped hyena with pointed ears and vertical body stripes walking rocky scrub at night

Near Threatened

Mammal

Striped Hyena

Nocturnal scavenger of Africa and Asia

Coyote standing alert in a dry North American grassland at golden hour

Mammal

Coyote

North America's adaptable 'song dog'

Brown kiwi foraging at night on the New Zealand forest floor, showing its long bill and rounded body

Bird

Kiwi

New Zealand's flightless nocturnal bird with nostrils at the tip of its bill

American crow with glossy black feathers perched on a bare branch

Bird

Crow

The glossy black genius of the bird world

Eastern gray squirrel sitting upright holding a nut with its bushy tail curled behind

Mammal

Squirrel

The agile, tree-climbing rodent of parks and woods

House mouse with large ears and bright eyes sitting among dry grass seeds

Mammal

Mouse

The world's most widespread small rodent

Eurasian magpie with black-and-white plumage and iridescent wings perched on a fence

Bird

Magpie

The bold, brilliant problem-solver of the crow family

Brown rat with brown-grey fur and a long tail alert on a wooden surface

Mammal

Rat

The clever, adaptable rodent that lives everywhere humans do

Close-up of a black ant standing on soil

Insect

Ant

The tireless team-working insect

Coconut crab climbing a palm tree trunk at night showing its large orange-brown body and powerful claws

Invertebrate

Coconut Crab

The world's largest land arthropod and tree-climbing island giant

Male common blackbird with glossy black plumage and orange-yellow beak on a mossy branch

Bird

Blackbird

The glossy garden thrush with a golden song

Red-bellied piranha with a silvery body and reddish belly in murky river water

Fish

Red-bellied Piranha

The sharp-toothed fish of the Amazon

European badger with a black-and-white striped face foraging on a woodland floor at dusk

Mammal

Badger

The striped night-digger of British woodlands

Orange, white, and black koi carp swimming near the surface of a garden pond

Fish

Koi

The ornamental carp of garden ponds

Male satin bowerbird arranging blue plastic and berries at a twig bower on forest floor

Bird

Satin Bowerbird

Blue-black architect of forest bowers

Grey partridge pair walking through stubble field with chestnut face patches and barred flanks

Bird

Grey Partridge

Stubble-dwelling partridge of old farmlands

Male chaffinch perched on branch showing pink breast, blue-grey cap, and white wing bars

Bird

Common Chaffinch

Pink-breasted songbird of European woods

Flock of starlings swirling in dense murmuration against an orange winter sunset sky

Bird

Common Starling

Speckled invader of global cityscapes

Vervet monkey on acacia branch with black face, white brow band, and greenish-grey fur

Mammal

Vervet Monkey

Alarm-calling savanna primate of Africa

Collared peccary standing in desert scrub with pale neck band and bristly dark coat

Mammal

Collared Peccary

Collared herd animal of American scrublands

Long-nosed bandicoot digging at night with pointed snout and mottled brown hindquarters

Mammal

Long-nosed Bandicoot

Nocturnal digger of Australian leaf litter

Australian lungfish with dark scales and paddle tail swimming in murky Queensland river

Fish

Australian Lungfish

Queensland river survivor from the age of dinosaurs

Bonnethead shark with rounded hammer head cruising seagrass bed in clear shallows

Fish

Bonnethead

Seagrass-munching hammerhead of warm shallows

Orangutan with shaggy reddish-orange hair hanging from a rainforest tree branch

Critically Endangered

Mammal

Orangutan

The great ape of the Southeast Asian rainforest

Yellow and black common wasp resting on a wooden surface

Insect

Wasp

The yellow-and-black predator and scavenger of summer

Eastern chipmunk with striped back and full cheek pouches perched on a mossy log

Mammal

Chipmunk

The striped, cheek-stuffing squirrel of North America

Toco toucan with a large orange bill and black body perched on a branch

Bird

Toco Toucan

The rainforest bird with the giant colorful bill

Bright royal blue tang fish with a yellow tail swimming over a coral reef

Fish

Blue Tang

The bright blue reef fish from Finding Nemo

Brightly colored male guppy with a flowing fan-shaped tail in a planted aquarium

Fish

Guppy

The colorful beginner's aquarium fish

Blue crab with bright blue claws and a broad shell on a sandy estuary bottom

Invertebrate

Blue Crab

The swift swimming crab of Atlantic estuaries

Common snapping turtle with a rugged shell and hooked jaws standing on a muddy bank

Reptile

Snapping Turtle

The powerful-jawed freshwater turtle of North America

Atlantic horseshoe crab with a domed shell and long pointed tail on a sandy beach

Invertebrate

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

The ancient living fossil with blue blood

Striped skunk with bold white stripes on black fur and bushy tail walking through grass

Mammal

Skunk

The black-and-white mammal with a chemical defence

Pufferfish inflated into a spiky round ball underwater

Fish

Pufferfish

The fish that inflates into a spiky ball

Common housefly with red eyes and clear wings resting on a surface

Insect

Housefly

The familiar fly found wherever people live

Dark blue-green American lobster with large front claws on a rocky seabed

Invertebrate

American Lobster

The long-lived clawed crustacean of cold seas

Virginia opossum with pale grey fur, pink nose, and hairless tail on a tree branch at night

Mammal

Opossum

North America's only marsupial

Scarlet macaw with red, yellow, and blue plumage perched on a rainforest branch

Bird

Scarlet Macaw

The brilliant red parrot of the rainforest

Northern mockingbird perched on a branch with beak open, grey with white wing patches

Bird

Northern Mockingbird

The bird that learns 200+ songs and sings through the night

Glossy black common raven perched on a weathered branch with a thick beak

Bird

Common Raven

One of the world's most intelligent birds

Male mallard duck with iridescent green head and yellow bill floating on calm water

Bird

Mallard

The familiar wild duck found around the world

Hermit crab peeking out of a spiral snail shell on wet sand

Invertebrate

Hermit Crab

The crustacean that wears borrowed shells

Blue jay with vivid blue crest and black necklace markings perched on an oak branch

Bird

Blue Jay

The bold, noisy blue songbird of North America

Large brown warty cane toad sitting on damp soil at night

Amphibian

Cane Toad

A large, toxic toad turned invasive pest

Brilliant red male northern cardinal with black face mask perched on a snowy branch

Bird

Northern Cardinal

The bright red songbird of North American gardens

American robin with orange-red breast standing on green grass

Bird

American Robin

The orange-breasted herald of spring

Brown cockroach with long antennae on a flat surface

Insect

Cockroach

The hardy survivor that lives almost anywhere

Brown cricket with long antennae and hind legs on the ground

Insect

Cricket

The chirping insect of warm evenings

Close-up of a yellowjacket wasp with bold yellow and black stripes on a leaf

Insect

Yellowjacket

The bold black-and-yellow social wasp

Small plump common quail with mottled brown plumage standing in grass

Bird

Quail

The small, secretive ground bird of fields and grassland

Bald uakari monkey with a bright red bald face and shaggy reddish fur in a rainforest tree

Mammal

Uakari

The crimson-faced monkey of the flooded Amazon

African ground squirrel (xerus) standing upright on dry ground with a bushy tail

Mammal

Xerus

The African ground squirrel that shades itself with its tail

Small translucent X-ray tetra with a visible silvery skeleton swimming in a planted aquarium

Fish

X-ray Tetra

The see-through fish of the Amazon

Frequently asked questions

What are omnivores?

Omnivores eat both plant and animal foods, switching with season, habitat, and opportunity. Flexible diets help them thrive near people and in changing landscapes — foxes, bears, pigs, and many birds are classic examples. Omnivory is a strategy, not a single tooth type.

How many omnivores are in the Global Animal Guide?

The guide currently features 106 omnivores with answer-first profiles covering diet, habitat, size, and conservation status.

How do you decide an animal's diet category?

Diet facets are derived from each species' Diet fact on its profile (for example Carnivore, Herbivore, or more detailed notes). An animal can appear in more than one facet when its diet spans categories, such as omnivores that also eat insects.