NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Tyto
  Subfamily - Tytoninae
  Family - Tytonidae
  Order - Strigiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Tyto alba alba
      Subspecies - Tyto alba detorta
      Subspecies - Tyto alba erlangeri
      Subspecies - Tyto alba ernesti
      Subspecies - Tyto alba gracilirostris
      Subspecies - Tyto alba guttata
      Subspecies - Tyto alba hypermetra
      Subspecies - Tyto alba poensis
      Subspecies - Tyto alba schmitzi
      Subspecies - Tyto alba thomensis