NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2011

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Accipitridae
  Order - Accipitriformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Circus cyaneus
      Species - Circus assimilis
      Species - Circus buffoni
      Species - Circus cinereus
      Species - Circus macrourus
      Species - Circus maurus
      Species - Circus melanoleucos
      Species - Circus pygargus
      Species - Circus spilonotus
      Species - Circus aeruginosus
      Species - Circus approximans
      Species - Circus maillardi
      Species - Circus ranivorus
      Species - Circus macrosceles
      Species - Circus spilothorax