NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Picus
  Subfamily - Picinae
  Family - Picidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Picus canus canus
      Subspecies - Picus canus dedemi
      Subspecies - Picus canus guerini
      Subspecies - Picus canus hessei
      Subspecies - Picus canus jessoensis
      Subspecies - Picus canus kogo
      Subspecies - Picus canus robinsoni
      Subspecies - Picus canus sanguiniceps
      Subspecies - Picus canus sobrinus
      Subspecies - Picus canus sordidior
      Subspecies - Picus canus tancolo