NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger bangsi
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger brachypterus
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger caribaeus
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger caymanensis
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger crassirostris
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger gundlachii
      Subspecies - Quiscalus niger niger