NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Metallura
  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 - Metallura tyrianthina chloropogon
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina districta
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina oreopola
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina quitensis
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina septentrionalis
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis
      Subspecies - Metallura tyrianthina tyrianthina