NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Merops
  Family - Meropidae
  Order - Coraciiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Merops orientalis beludschicus
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis ceylonicus
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis cleopatra
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis cyanophrys
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis ferrugeiceps
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis muscatensis
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis orientalis
      Subspecies - Merops orientalis viridissimus