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: 2018

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Species - Nyctibius griseus
      Species - Nyctibius grandis
      Species - Nyctibius aethereus
      Species - Nyctibius jamaicensis
      Species - Nyctibius maculosus
      Species - Nyctibius leucopterus