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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 Pteroclididae (sandgrouse)-
Genus Pterocles (sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles alchata (pin-tailed sandgrouse) -
Species Pterocles bicinctus (double-banded sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles burchelli (Burchell's sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles coronatus (crowned sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles decoratus (black-faced sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles exustus (chestnut-bellied sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles gutturalis (yellow-throated sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles indicus (painted sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles lichtensteinii (Lichtenstein's sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles orientalis (black-bellied sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles personatus (Madagascan sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles quadricinctus (four-banded sandgrouse)
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Species Pterocles senegallus (spotted sandgrouse)
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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.
