ADW: Pelargopsis capensis: 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 Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)
        
        Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
        
        Genus Pelargopsis
        
        Species Pelargopsis capensis (stork-billed kingfisher)
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis burmanica
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis capensis
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis floresiana
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis gigantea
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis gouldi
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis innominata
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis intermedia
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis javana
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis osmastoni
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis simalurensis
        
        Subspecies Pelargopsis capensis sodalis

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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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Pelargopsis capensisstork-billed kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis
stork-billed kingfisher