NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Melierax metabates ignoscens
      Subspecies - Melierax metabates mechowi
      Subspecies - Melierax metabates metabates
      Subspecies - Melierax metabates neumanni
      Subspecies - Melierax metabates theresae