Phoeniculus purpureus (green wood hoopoe) | 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 Phoeniculidae (wood-hoopoes)
        
        Genus Phoeniculus
        
        Species Phoeniculus purpureus (green wood hoopoe)
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus angolensis
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus guineensis
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus niloticus
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus purpureus
        
        Subspecies Phoeniculus purpureus senegalensis