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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 Passeriformes (perching birds)
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Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
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Family Estrildidae (estrildid finches)-
Genus Amadina -
Genus Amandava (avadavats)
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Genus Clytospiza -
Genus Cryptospiza
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Genus Emblema
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Genus Erythrura (parrot-finches)
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Genus Estrilda (waxbills)
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Genus Euschistospiza
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Genus Heteromunia
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Genus Hypargos
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Genus Lagonosticta
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Genus Lonchura (mannikins)
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Genus Mandingoa
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Genus Neochmia
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Genus Nesocharis
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Genus Nigrita
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Genus Oreostruthus
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Genus Ortygospiza
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Genus Parmoptila
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Genus Poephila
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Genus Pyrenestes
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Genus Pytilia
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Genus Spermophaga
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Genus Stagonopleura
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Genus Taeniopygia
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Genus Uraeginthus (cordonbleus)
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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.
