NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Megalaiminae
  Family - Ramphastidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Megalaima virens
      Species - Megalaima lagrandieri
      Species - Megalaima zeylanica
      Species - Megalaima lineata
      Species - Megalaima viridis
      Species - Megalaima faiostricta
      Species - Megalaima corvina
      Species - Megalaima chrysopogon
      Species - Megalaima rafflesii
      Species - Megalaima mystacophanos
      Species - Megalaima javensis
      Species - Megalaima flavifrons
      Species - Megalaima franklinii
      Species - Megalaima oorti
      Species - Megalaima asiatica
      Species - Megalaima monticola
      Species - Megalaima incognita
      Species - Megalaima henricii
      Species - Megalaima armillaris
      Species - Megalaima pulcherrima
      Species - Megalaima australis
      Species - Megalaima eximia
      Species - Megalaima haemacephala
      Species - Megalaima rubricapillus