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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 Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
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Order Galliformes (chicken-like birds)
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Phasianoidea (pheasants, quails, and relatives)
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Family Phasianidae (turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges)
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Subfamily Meleagridinae (turkey)-
Genus Meleagris (turkeys)
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Species Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)
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Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo -
Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo intermedia
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Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo merriami
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Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo mexicana
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Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo osceola
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Subspecies Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
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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.
