Ninox rufa (rufous owl) | 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 Strigiformes (owls)
        
        Family Strigidae (typical owls)
        
        Genus Ninox (boobooks)
        
        Species Ninox rufa (rufous owl)
        
        Subspecies Ninox rufa aruensis
        
        Subspecies Ninox rufa humeralis
        
        Subspecies Ninox rufa meesi
        
        Subspecies Ninox rufa queenslandica
        
        Subspecies Ninox rufa rufa