NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea aspasioides
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea auricapilla
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea auriceps
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea caeruleogula
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea chlorolaema
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea christianae
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea cochrani
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea corinna
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea cornelia
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea eichhorni
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea grayi
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea maforensis
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea mariae
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea mysorensis
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea nigriscapularis
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea porphyrolaema
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea proserpina
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea salvadorii
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea sangirensis
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea sericea
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea talautensis
      Subspecies - Leptocoma sericea veronica