NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris faroensis
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris granti
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris humii
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris minor
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris nobilior
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris oppenheimi
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris tauricus
      Subspecies - Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus