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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 Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
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Family Accipitridae (eagles, hawks, and kites)
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Subfamily Accipitrinae (hawks, eagles, buzzards, vultures, and relatives)
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Genus Buteo (buteonine hawks and buzzards)-
Species Buteo buteo (common buzzard)-
Subspecies Buteo buteo bannermani
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Subspecies Buteo buteo buteo
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Subspecies Buteo buteo harterti
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Subspecies Buteo buteo insularum
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Subspecies Buteo buteo japonicus
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Subspecies Buteo buteo menetriesi
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Subspecies Buteo buteo oshiroi
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Subspecies Buteo buteo pojana
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Subspecies Buteo buteo refectus
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Subspecies Buteo buteo toyoshimai
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Subspecies Buteo buteo vulpinus
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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.
