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 - Pteroclididae
  Order - Pteroclidiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pterocles alchata
      Species - Pterocles bicinctus
      Species - Pterocles burchelli
      Species - Pterocles coronatus
      Species - Pterocles decoratus
      Species - Pterocles exustus
      Species - Pterocles gutturalis
      Species - Pterocles indicus
      Species - Pterocles lichtensteinii
      Species - Pterocles namaqua
      Species - Pterocles orientalis
      Species - Pterocles personatus
      Species - Pterocles quadricinctus
      Species - Pterocles senegallus