Ceryle rudis (pied kingfisher) | 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 Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
        
        Genus Ceryle
        
        Species Ceryle rudis (pied kingfisher)
        
        Subspecies Ceryle rudis insignis
        
        Subspecies Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
        
        Subspecies Ceryle rudis rudis
        
        Subspecies Ceryle rudis syriacus
        
        Subspecies Ceryle rudis travancoreensis