NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Motacilla
  Family - Motacillidae
  Order - Passeriformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Motacilla flava flava
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava beema
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava cinereocapilla
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava feldegg
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava flavissima
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava iberiae
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava leucocephala
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava lutea
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava pygmaea
      Subspecies - Motacilla flava thunbergi