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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 Cuculiformes (cuckoos and relatives)
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Family Cuculidae (cuckoos, roadrunners, and relatives)
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Subfamily Phaenicophaeinae (New World cuckoos, malkohas, and Malagasy cuckoos)
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Genus Coccyzus (spotted-tailed cuckoos)-
Species Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus cinereus (ash-colored cuckoo) -
Species Coccyzus erythropthalmus (black-billed cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus euleri (pearly-breasted cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus ferrugineus (Cocos cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus lansbergi (grey-capped cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus melacoryphus (dark-billed cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus minor (mangrove cuckoo)
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Species Coccyzus pumilus (dwarf cuckoo)
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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.
