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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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Cuculinae (Old World cuckoos)-
Genus Cuculus (Eurasian cuckoos)-
Species Cuculus canorus (common cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus clamosus (black cuckoo) -
Species Cuculus crassirostris (Sulawesi hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus fugax (Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus gularis (African cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus hyperythrus (northern hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus micropterus (Indian cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus pallidus (pallid cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus pectoralis (Philippine hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus poliocephalus (lesser cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus rochii (Madagascan cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus saturatus (Himalayan cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus solitarius (red-chested cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus sparverioides (large hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus vagans (moustached hawk-cuckoo)
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Species Cuculus varius (common hawk-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.
