Gallinula melanops (spot-flanked gallinule) | 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 Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
        
        Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
        
        Genus Gallinula (moorhens)
        
        Species Gallinula melanops (spot-flanked gallinule)
        
        Subspecies Gallinula melanops bogotensis
        
        Subspecies Gallinula melanops crassirostris
        
        Subspecies Gallinula melanops melanops