Falco columbarius (merlin) | 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 Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
        
        Family Falconidae (falcons)
        
        Subfamily Falconinae (falcons)
        
        Genus Falco (falcons and kestrels)
        
        Species Falco columbarius (merlin)
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius aesalon
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius columbarius
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius insignis
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius lymani
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius pacificus
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius pallidus
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius richardsoni
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius subaesalon
        
        Subspecies Falco columbarius suckleyi