Merops variegatus (blue-breasted 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 variegatus (blue-breasted bee-eater)
        
        Subspecies Merops variegatus bangweoloensis
        
        Subspecies Merops variegatus lafresnayii
        
        Subspecies Merops variegatus loringi
        
        Subspecies Merops variegatus variegatus