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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 Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
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Order Galliformes (chicken-like birds)
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Phasianoidea (pheasants, quails, and relatives)
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Family Phasianidae (turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges)
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Subfamily Perdicinae (partidges, francolins, and Old World quail)-
Genus Coturnix (Asian quails)-
Species Coturnix adansonii (African blue quail) -
Species Coturnix chinensis (blue-breasted quail or king quail)
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Species Coturnix coromandelica (rain quail)
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Species Coturnix coturnix (common quail)
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Species Coturnix delegorguei (harlequin quail)
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Species Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail)
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Species Coturnix novaezelandiae (New Zealand quail)
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Species Coturnix pectoralis (stubble quail)
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Species Coturnix ypsilophora (brown quail)
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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.
