NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Pytilia melba belli
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba citerior
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba grotei
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba hygrophila
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba jessei
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba melba
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba percivali
      Subspecies - Pytilia melba soudanensis