ADW: Certhia americana: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Family Certhiidae (creepers)
        
        Genus Certhia (creepers)
        
        Species Certhia americana (brown creeper)
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana alascensis
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana albescens
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana alticola
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana americana
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana extima
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana guerrerensis
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana jaliscensis
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana leucosticta
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana montana
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana nigrescens
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana occidentalis
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana pernigra
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana phillipsi
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana stewarti
        
        Subspecies Certhia americana zelotes

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Certhia americanabrown creeper(Also: American treecreeper)

Certhia americana
brown creeper
(Also: American treecreeper)