Aplonis opaca (Micronesian starling) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Family Sturnidae (starlings)
        
        Genus Aplonis (glossy starlings)
        
        Species Aplonis opaca (Micronesian starling)
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca aenea
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca anga
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca guami
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca kurodai
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca opaca
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca orii
        
        Subspecies Aplonis opaca ponapensis