NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Platycercus
  Subfamily - Psittacinae
  Family - Psittacidae
  Order - Psittaciformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans elegans
      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans flaveolus
      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans fleurieuensis
      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans melanopterus
      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans nigrescens
      Subspecies - Platycercus elegans subadelaidae