NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Gelochelidon
  Family - Laridae
  Order - Charadriiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica aranea
      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica vanrossemi
      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica affinis
      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica gronvoldi
      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa
      Subspecies - Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica