NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Melanerpes
  Subfamily - Picinae
  Family - Picidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus formicivorus
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus angustifrons
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus albeolus
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus flavigula
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus
      Subspecies - Melanerpes formicivorus striatipectus