NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Chlorostilbon
  Subfamily - Trochilinae
  Family - Trochilidae
  Order - Apodiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus caribaeus
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus chrysogaster
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus duidae
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus mellisugus
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus nitens
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus phoeopygus
      Subspecies - Chlorostilbon mellisugus subfurcatus