ADW: Sitta europaea: 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)
        
        Family Sittidae (nuthatches)
        
        Genus Sitta (nuthatches)
        
        Species Sitta europaea (Eurasian nuthatch)
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea albifrons
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea amurensis
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea arctica
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea asiatica
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea bedfordi
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea caesia
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea caucasica
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea cisalpina
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea europaea
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea hispaniensis
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea levantina
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea persica
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea roseilia
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea rubiginosa
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea seorsa
        
        Subspecies Sitta europaea sinensis

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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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Sitta europaeaEurasian nuthatch(Also: wood nuthatch or Eurasian nuthatch)

Sitta europaea
Eurasian nuthatch
(Also: wood nuthatch or Eurasian nuthatch)