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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 Circus (harriers)-
Species Circus aeruginosus (Eurasian marsh-harrier) -
Species Circus approximans (swamp harrier)
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Species Circus assimilis (spotted harrier)
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Species Circus buffoni (long-winged harrier)
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Species Circus cinereus (cinereous harrier)
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Species Circus cyaneus (northern harrier)
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Species Circus macrourus (pallid harrier)
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Species Circus maillardi (Réunion harrier)
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Species Circus maurus (black harrier)
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Species Circus melanoleucos (pied harrier)
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Species Circus pygargus (Montagu's harrier)
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Species Circus ranivorus (African marsh harrier)
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Species Circus spilonotus (eastern marsh harrier)
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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.
