NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Piaya
  Subfamily - Phaenicophaeinae
  Family - Cuculidae
  Order - Cuculiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Piaya cayana cabanisi
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana cayana
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana circe
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana hellmayri
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana insulana
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana macroura
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana mehleri
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana mesura
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana mexicana
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana mogenseni
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana nigricrissa
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana obscura
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana pallescens
      Subspecies - Piaya cayana thermophila