Pipilo crissalis (California towhee) | 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 Passeriformes (perching birds)
        
        Passerida
        
        Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
        
        Family Emberizidae (buntings, American sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Genus Pipilo (towhees)
        
        Species Pipilo crissalis (California towhee)
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis albigula
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis aripolius
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis bullatus
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis carolae
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis crissalis
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis eremophilus
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis petulans
        
        Subspecies Pipilo crissalis senicula