NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana aicora
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana germanorum
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana huonensis
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana margaretae
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana montana
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana sepik
      Subspecies - Meliphaga montana steini