Lamprotornis chalybaeus (greater blue-eared glossy-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 Lamprotornis
        
        Species Lamprotornis chalybaeus (greater blue-eared glossy-starling)
        
        Subspecies Lamprotornis chalybaeus chalybaeus
        
        Subspecies Lamprotornis chalybaeus cyaniventris
        
        Subspecies Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni
        
        Subspecies Lamprotornis chalybaeus sycobius