Rallus elegans (king rail) | 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 Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
        
        Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
        
        Genus Rallus (greater rails)
        
        Species Rallus elegans (king rail)
        
        Subspecies Rallus elegans elegans
        
        Subspecies Rallus elegans ramsdeni
        
        Subspecies Rallus elegans tenuirostris