Merops pusillus (little 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 pusillus (little bee-eater)
        
        Subspecies Merops pusillus argutus
        
        Subspecies Merops pusillus cyanostictus
        
        Subspecies Merops pusillus meridionalis
        
        Subspecies Merops pusillus ocularis
        
        Subspecies Merops pusillus pusillus