Merops leschenaulti (chestnut-headed bee-eater) | 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 Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)
        
        Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)
        
        Genus Merops
        
        Species Merops leschenaulti (chestnut-headed bee-eater)
        
        Subspecies Merops leschenaulti andamanensis
        
        Subspecies Merops leschenaulti leschenaulti
        
        Subspecies Merops leschenaulti quinticolor