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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 Falconidae (falcons)
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Subfamily Falconinae (falcons)
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Genus Falco (falcons and kestrels)
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Species Falco sparverius (American kestrel)-
Subspecies Falco sparverius aequatorialis -
Subspecies Falco sparverius brevipennis
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Subspecies Falco sparverius caribaearum
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Subspecies Falco sparverius caucae
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Subspecies Falco sparverius cearae
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Subspecies Falco sparverius cinnamominus
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Subspecies Falco sparverius dominicensis
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Subspecies Falco sparverius fernandensis
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Subspecies Falco sparverius isabellinus
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Subspecies Falco sparverius nicaraguensis
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Subspecies Falco sparverius ochraceus
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Subspecies Falco sparverius paulus
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Subspecies Falco sparverius peninsularis
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Subspecies Falco sparverius peruvianus
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Subspecies Falco sparverius sparverioides
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Subspecies Falco sparverius sparverius
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Subspecies Falco sparverius tropicalis
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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.
