NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus cachinnans
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus chloropus
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus guami
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus barbadensis
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus cerceris
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus galeata
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus garmani
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus meridionalis
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus orientalis
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus pauxilla
      Subspecies - Gallinula chloropus pyrrhorrhoa