Saurothera merlini (great lizard cuckoo) | 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 Cuculiformes (cuckoos and relatives)
        
        Family Cuculidae (cuckoos, roadrunners, and relatives)
        
        Subfamily Phaenicophaeinae (New World cuckoos, malkohas, and Malagasy cuckoos)
        
        Genus Saurothera (lizard-cuckoos)
        
        Species Saurothera merlini (great lizard cuckoo)
        
        Subspecies Saurothera merlini bahamensis
        
        Subspecies Saurothera merlini decolor
        
        Subspecies Saurothera merlini merlini
        
        Subspecies Saurothera merlini santamariae