Otus choliba (tropical screech owl) | 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 Strigiformes (owls)
        
        Family Strigidae (typical owls)
        
        Genus Otus (scops-owls and screech-owls)
        
        Species Otus choliba (tropical screech owl)
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba choliba
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba crucigerus
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba decussatus
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba duidae
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba luctisonus
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba margaritae
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba suturutus
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba uruguaiensis
        
        Subspecies Otus choliba wetmorei