Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail) | 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 Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
        
        Family Apodidae (swifts)
        
        Genus Hirundapus (needletails)
        
        Species Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail)
        
        Subspecies Hirundapus caudacutus caudacutus
        
        Subspecies Hirundapus caudacutus nudipes