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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 Passeriformes (perching birds)
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Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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Family Sittidae (nuthatches)
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Genus Sitta (nuthatches)
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Species Sitta carolinensis (white-breasted nuthatch)
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis aculeata -
Subspecies Sitta carolinensis alexandrae
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis atkinsi
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis carolinensis
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis kinneari
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis lagunae
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis mexicana
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis oberholseri
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis tenuissima
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Subspecies Sitta carolinensis umbrosa
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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.
