Chlorostilbon mellisugus (blue-tailed emerald) | 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 Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
        
        Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
        
        Genus Chlorostilbon (emeralds)
        
        Species Chlorostilbon mellisugus (blue-tailed emerald)
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus caribaeus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus chrysogaster
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus duidae
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus gibsoni
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus melanorhynchus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus mellisugus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus nitens
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus phoeopygus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus pumilus
        
        Subspecies Chlorostilbon mellisugus subfurcatus