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) Corvoidea (crows, birds of paradise, and relatives) Family Corvidae (crows and jays) Genus Podoces Species Podoces biddulphi (Xinjiang ground jay) Species Podoces hendersoni (Mongolian ground jay) Species Podoces panderi (Turkestan ground jay) Species Podoces pleskei (Iranian ground-jay)