ADW: Motacilla flava: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
        
        Family Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
        
        Genus Motacilla (wagtails)
        
        Species Motacilla flava (yellow wagtail)
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava beema
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava cinereocapilla
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava feldegg
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava flava
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava flavissima
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava iberiae
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava leucocephala
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava lutea
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava macronyx
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava melanogrisea
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava plexa
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava pygmaea
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava simillima
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava taivana
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava thunbergi
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava tschutschensis
        
        Subspecies Motacilla flava zaissanensis

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Motacilla flavayellow wagtail

Motacilla flava
yellow wagtail