Molothrus bonariensis (shiny cowbird) | 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 Icteridae (blackbirds)
        
        Genus Molothrus (cowbirds)
        
        Species Molothrus bonariensis (shiny cowbird)
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis aequatorialis
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis cabanisii
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis minimus
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis occidentalis
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis riparius
        
        Subspecies Molothrus bonariensis venezuelensis