Phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant) | 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 Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
        
        Genus Phalacrocorax (cormorants)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant)
        
        Subspecies Phalacrocorax africanus africanus
        
        Subspecies Phalacrocorax africanus pictilis