Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird) | 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 Pelecaniformes (pelicans, tropicbirds, cormorants, and relatives)
        
        Family Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
        
        Genus Phaethon (tropicbirds)
        
        Species Phaethon rubricauda (red-tailed tropicbird)
        
        Subspecies Phaethon rubricauda melanorhynchos
        
        Subspecies Phaethon rubricauda roseotinctus
        
        Subspecies Phaethon rubricauda rubricauda
        
        Subspecies Phaethon rubricauda westralis