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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 Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
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Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
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Genus Gallinula (moorhens)-
Species Gallinula angulata (lesser moorhen) -
Species Gallinula chloropus (common moorhen)
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Species Gallinula melanops (spot-flanked gallinule)
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Species Gallinula mortierii (Tasmanian native-hen)
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Species Gallinula nesiotis (Gough moorhen)
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Species Gallinula pacifica (Samoan moorhen)
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Species Gallinula silvestris (San Cristobal moorhen)
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Species Gallinula tenebrosa (dusky moorhen)
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Species Gallinula ventralis (black-tailed native-hen)
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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.
