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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 Psittaciformes (parrots)
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Family Psittacidae (parrots, cockatoos, and relatives)
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Subfamily Psittacinae (parrots, parakeets, macaws, and relatives)
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Genus Ara (macaws)-
Species Ara ambiguus (great green macaw) -
Species Ara ararauna (blue-and-yellow macaw)
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Species Ara chloropterus (red-and-green macaw)
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Species Ara glaucogularis (blue-throated macaw)
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Species Ara macao (scarlet macaw)
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Species Ara militaris (military macaw)
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Species Ara rubrogenys (red-fronted macaw)
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Species Ara severus (chestnut-fronted macaw)
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Species Ara tricolor (Cuban macaw)
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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.
