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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)
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Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
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Genus Actenoides -
Genus Alcedo
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Genus Caridonax (white-rumped kingfisher) -
Genus Ceryle
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Genus Ceyx
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Genus Chloroceryle (green kingfishers)
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Genus Cittura
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Genus Clytoceyx (shovel-billed kookaburra)
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Genus Dacelo
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Genus Halcyon (blue kingfishers)
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Genus Lacedo
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Genus Megaceryle
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Genus Melidora
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Genus Pelargopsis
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Genus Syma
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Genus Tanysiptera
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Genus Todiramphus
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
