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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 Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
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Order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans, and relatives)
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Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)
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Subfamily Tadorninae (shelducks, South American geese, and relatives)-
Genus Tadorna (shelducks)
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Species Tadorna cana (South African shelduck) -
Species Tadorna cristata (crested shelduck)
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Species Tadorna ferruginea (ruddy shelduck)
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Species Tadorna radjah (Radjah shelduck)
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Species Tadorna tadorna (common shelduck)
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Species Tadorna tadornoides (Australian shelduck)
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Species Tadorna variegata (paradise shelduck)
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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.
