Melanerpes pygmaeus (red-vented woodpecker) | 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 Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
        
        Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
        
        Genus Melanerpes (melanerpine woodpeckers)
        
        Species Melanerpes pygmaeus (red-vented woodpecker)
        
        Subspecies Melanerpes pygmaeus pygmaeus
        
        Subspecies Melanerpes pygmaeus rubricomus
        
        Subspecies Melanerpes pygmaeus tysoni