Gygis alba (common white-tern) | 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 Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
        
        Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
        
        Subfamily Sterninae (terns and noddys)
        
        Genus Gygis (white terns)
        
        Species Gygis alba (common white-tern)
        
        Subspecies Gygis alba alba
        
        Subspecies Gygis alba candida
        
        Subspecies Gygis alba leucopes
        
        Subspecies Gygis alba microrhyncha