NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Hypnelus
  Family - Bucconidae
  Order - Piciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Hypnelus ruficollis ruficollis
      Subspecies - Hypnelus ruficollis coloratus
      Subspecies - Hypnelus ruficollis decolor
      Subspecies - Hypnelus ruficollis striaticollis
      Subspecies - Hypnelus ruficollis stoicus