Megalaima australis (blue-eared barbet) | 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 Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
        
        Family Ramphastidae (barbets and toucans)
        
        Genus Megalaima
        
        Species Megalaima australis (blue-eared barbet)
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis australis
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis cyanotis
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis duvaucelii
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis gigantorhina
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis orientalis
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis stuarti
        
        Subspecies Megalaima australis tanamassae