NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Turdus merula merula
      Subspecies - Turdus merula aterrimus
      Subspecies - Turdus merula azorensis
      Subspecies - Turdus merula cabrerae
      Subspecies - Turdus merula intermedius
      Subspecies - Turdus merula mandarinus
      Subspecies - Turdus merula mauritanicus
      Subspecies - Turdus merula sowerbyi
      Subspecies - Turdus merula syriacus