Melozone kieneri (rusty-crowned ground sparrow) | 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 Emberizidae (buntings, American sparrows, and relatives)
        
        Genus Melozone
        
        Species Melozone kieneri (rusty-crowned ground sparrow)
        
        Subspecies Melozone kieneri grisior
        
        Subspecies Melozone kieneri kieneri
        
        Subspecies Melozone kieneri rubricata