Omnivores Animals Name List | Insects, Birds, Aquatic Animals, & Mammals | Examples, Chart

Omnivores Definition

Omnivores are animals that have wider food options, and they can eat and digest food materials from both herbs and animals. Most living organisms belong to the omnivore category. Moreover, organisms from all types of tropical levels are the main food sources of omnivore animals. Omnivore animals can be found everywhere on the planet.
The size of omnivore animals ranges from small insects like ants to higher organisms like humans. You can find thorough information on this page, including the omnivore animals name list and their food sources.

List of omnivores animals and their food

Bear: Technically, bears are carnivores, but trophically, they are omnivores. That means they consume animals like insects, fish, small reptiles, etc.

Civet: It is essentially an omnivore that eats fruits, nuts, rambutan, chiku, and coffee, and also consumes insects and small animals.

Chipmunks: Chipmunks are also omnivores, meaning they eat different kinds of food materials. They aren’t restricted to specific tropical levels but consume what they get on their premises. They consume plant materials (fruits, nuts, and seeds) and animals, including baby mice, small birds, eggs of different birds, worms, and insects.

Coyote: It is an opportunistic omnivore that regularly eats wild animals and plants and typically eats whatever it gets. It hunts and scavenges small living creatures, ranging from small animals like mice to dogs.

Dog: Dogs are essentially omnivores, consuming food materials that are derived from both plants (grains and fruits) and animals (cats, rats, birds, etc.). Surprisingly, dogs eat grass and small plant leaves, especially wild dogs, which is quite common in most cases.

Human: Humans are the best examples of omnivore animals. Humans can hunt the animals and consume whatever they prefer to eat.

Hedgehog: Plant-derived materials like vegetables, fruits, and seeds, as well as animal-derived food materials like insects and other invertebrates, are the preferred food items for hedgehogs.

Monkeys: Monkeys also fall under the category of omnivorous animals, and they consume vegetables, seeds, fruits, nuts, and floral parts of plants. A few monkeys also eat animal-derived foods, especially eggs of birds, spiders, insects, and small reptiles.

Opossum: It is also known as a possum and eats dead animal matter, birds, rodents, frogs, eggs, and insects. It can also consume plant-based materials such as fruits and grains.

Pig: Pig is an omnivore and a foraging animal that majorly eats plant leaves, roots, fruits, and flowers. Moreover, it hunts small insects and fish.

Rat: A rat is an omnivore, that eats plant parts and small animals like insects, spiders, etc.

Squirrels: Most types of squirrels are omnivores, which means they prefer to eat both plant- and animal-based materials.

Birds: Omnivore birds eat both plant- and animal-based materials. Examples: Chicken, Duck, Sparrows, Crows, etc.

Fish: Omnivore fish eat both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Examples: Catfish, Parrotfish, Damselfish, etc.

Omnivorous mammals name list

Mammalia
	Omnivore	Scientific Name	Main food
1	Antbear	Orycteropus afer	Ants, termites, and plant materials
2	North American black bear	Ursus americanus	Grass, roots, berries, succulent plants, meat, fish, insects, and larvae
3	American badger	Taxidea taxus	Insects, earthworms, prairie dogs, mice, ground-dwelling birds, and groundhogs
4	Groundhogs	Marmota monax	Insects, grubs, baby birds, variety of plants
5	Coatimundis (coatis)	Nasua nasua	Fruit, small rodents, lizards, and invertebrates
6	Civet cat	Civettictis civetta	Small snakes, small birds, insects, rats. Fruit include mangoes, chikus, bananas, etc.
7	Sloths	Folivora	Leaves, twigs and buds, flowers, fruits, and occasionally consume insects
8	Hominids	Hominidae	Fruit, bark, flowers, leaves, animals, insects, etc
9	Skunk	Mephitidae	Carrots, peas, apples corn, berries, pears, bananas, squash, small prey, snakes, beetles, grasshoppers cockroaches, crickets, spiders, fish, etc.
10	Raccoons	Procyon lotor	Fruits, seeds, nuts, insects, frogs, eggs, and crayfish
11	Foxes	Vulpes vulpes	Birds, rabbits, rodents, eggs, fruits, carrion

Omnivorous insects name list

Insects
	Omnivore	Scientific Name	Main food
1	Ants	Formicidae	The sap of plants and various fruits. Small living or dead invertebrates, milk of aphids, and other small Hemiptera.
2	Houseflies	Musca domestica	Carbohydrates, animal blood, etc.
3	Cockroaches	Blattodea	Decaying matter, meats, books, starches, sweets, hair, etc.
4	Polyphaga beetle	Polyphaga	Plants, dung, snails, pollen, insects, carcasses, small fish, tadpoles, snails, etc.
5	Spiders	Araneae	Eats pollen, worms, snails, and other insects.
6	Wasp	Vespidae	Larvae of insects, sugars
7	Cricket		Plant material and smaller insects
8	Horn moth	Ceratophaga vastella	Larvae of insects, fruits, vegetables, etc.
9	Stripetails	Isoperla spp.	Leaves and animal matter
10	Pygmy Grasshopper	Tetrigidae	Eats leaves and sometimes animal tissue and animal faeces
11	Cave weta	Rhaphidophoridae	Plant products, fabric or cloth material, insects, and even fungus

Omnivorous birds name list

Birds
	Omnivore	Scientific Name	Main food
1	Hummingbird	Trochilidae	Nectar of flowers, small insects such as mosquitos, beetles, aphids, etc.
2	Peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Amphibians, eggs, reptiles, arthropods, insects, flowers, seed heads, nuts, etc.
3	Roaster	Gallus gallus	Nuts, grains, leaves, flower petals, lizards, insects, worms, etc.
4	Crow	Corvus	Grains, nuts, animal meat, birds, lizards, etc.
5	Duck	Anatidae	Insects, fish, worms, snails, weeds, seeds, etc.
6	Pigeon	Columbidae	Insects, worms, grains, seeds, etc.
7	Cranes	Gruidae	Grain, berries, fish, rodents, amphibians, insects, etc.
8	Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Grain, caterpillars, ants, earthworms, snails, beetles, crickets, etc.
9	Starlings	Sturnidae	Rice, vegetables, fruit, seed, worms, snails, insects, etc.
10	Oriole	Icterus	Grapes, oranges, nectar, insects, etc.
11	Thrush	Turdidae	Caterpillars, worms, snails, and fruit.

Omnivorous aquatic animals name list

Aquatic animals
	Omnivore	Scientific Name	Main food
1	Turtles	Testudines	Fruits, vegetables, and animal products
2.	Horseshoe crabs	Limulidae	Algae, plants, small clams, crustaceans, and worms
3	Lobsters	Nephropidae	Plant products, worms, fish, mollusks, other crustaceans, etc.
4	Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	Plants and algae, small shrimp, fish, and plankton
5	Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	Plants and animal products
6	Common perwinkle	Littorina littorea	Algae and barnacle larvae
7	Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Plants, crustaceans, and insects
8	Rudderfish	Seriola zonata	Plankton, plants, algae, meat, etc.
9	Cory catfish	Corydoras	Algae rounds, shrimp pellets, tropical granules, and plant materials
10	Plecos	H. plecostomus	Plant debris, insects, small fishes, animal products
11	Frogs	Rana temporaria	Insects, worms, small fish, and algae.

Related Topics

Herbivores carnivores and omnivores examples

Herbivores Animals Name List

Other Biology Topics….

References:

1. Jacqueline Boyd. 14 January 2020. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior: Omnivore. springer books.
2. Kim, Soonok et al. “Comparison of carnivore, omnivore, and herbivore mammalian genomes with a new leopard assembly.” Genome biology vol. 17,1 211. 11 Oct. 2016, doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1071-4.
3. Chubaty, Alex M et al. “On the evolution of omnivory in a community context.” Ecology and evolution vol. 4,3 (2014): 251-65. doi:10.1002/ece3.923.
4. Pappas, Maria L et al. “Omnivore-herbivore interactions: thrips and whiteflies compete via the shared host plant.” Scientific reports vol. 8,1 3996. 5 Mar. 2018, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22353-2.
5. Root-Bernstein, Meredith, and Richard Ladle. “Ecology of a widespread large omnivore, Homo sapiens, and its impacts on ecosystem processes.” Ecology and evolution vol. 9,19 10874-10894. 11 Sep. 2019.

Cell organelles	Lysosome function
Mitochondria function	Lysosomal enzymes
Diagram of Lysosome	Lysosomal storage diseases