Polioptila melanura (black-tailed gnatcatcher) | 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)
        
        Family Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)
        
        Genus Polioptila (gnatcatchers)
        
        Species Polioptila melanura (black-tailed gnatcatcher)
        
        Subspecies Polioptila melanura curtata
        
        Subspecies Polioptila melanura lucida
        
        Subspecies Polioptila melanura melanura