NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Pitta elegans concinna
      Subspecies - Pitta elegans elegans
      Subspecies - Pitta elegans hutzi
      Subspecies - Pitta elegans maria
      Subspecies - Pitta elegans vigorsii
      Subspecies - Pitta elegans virginalis