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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 Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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Family Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)-
Genus Haematopus (oystercatchers)
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Species Haematopus ater (blackish oystercatcher) -
Species Haematopus bachmani (American black oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus finschi (South Island oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus fuliginosus (sooty oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus leucopodus (Magellanic oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus longirostris (Australian pied)
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Species Haematopus meadewaldoi (Canary Island)
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Species Haematopus moquini (African black oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus ostralegus (Eurasian oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus palliatus (American oystercatcher)
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Species Haematopus unicolor (variable oystercatcher)
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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.
