NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Upupa
  Family - Upupidae
  Order - Bucerotiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Upupa epops africana
      Subspecies - Upupa epops ceylonensis
      Subspecies - Upupa epops epops
      Subspecies - Upupa epops longirostris
      Subspecies - Upupa epops major
      Subspecies - Upupa epops marginata
      Subspecies - Upupa epops senegalensis
      Subspecies - Upupa epops waibeli