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: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Gallinula chloropus
      Species - Gallinula angulata
      Species - Gallinula tenebrosa
      Species - Gallinula melanops
      Species - Gallinula mortierii
      Species - Gallinula nesiotis
      Species - Gallinula pacifica
      Species - Gallinula silvestris
      Species - Gallinula ventralis