Merops hirundineus (swallow-tailed bee-eater) | 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 Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)
        
        Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)
        
        Genus Merops
        
        Species Merops hirundineus (swallow-tailed bee-eater)
        
        Subspecies Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus
        
        Subspecies Merops hirundineus furcatus
        
        Subspecies Merops hirundineus heuglini
        
        Subspecies Merops hirundineus hirundineus