NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Megarynchus
  Family - Tyrannidae
  Order - Passeriformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua caniceps
      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua chrysogaster
      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua deserticola
      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus
      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua pitangua
      Subspecies - Megarynchus pitangua tardiusculus