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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 Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
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Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds)-
Genus Chalybura-
Species Chalybura buffonii (white-vented plumeleteer)
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Subspecies Chalybura buffonii aeneicauda
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Subspecies Chalybura buffonii buffonii
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Subspecies Chalybura buffonii caeruleogaster
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Subspecies Chalybura buffonii micans
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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.
