Euplectes axillaris (fan-tailed widowbird) | 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 Ploceidae (weaver finches)
        
        Genus Euplectes (bishops)
        
        Species Euplectes axillaris (fan-tailed widowbird)
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris axillaris
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris bocagei
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris phoeniceus
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris quanzae
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris traversii
        
        Subspecies Euplectes axillaris zanzibaricus