Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) | 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 Sturnidae (starlings)
        
        Genus Sturnus (starlings)
        
        Species Sturnus vulgaris (common starling)
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris faroensis
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris granti
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris humii
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris minor
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris nobilior
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris oppenheimi
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris porphyronotus
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris purpurascens
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris tauricus
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris
        
        Subspecies Sturnus vulgaris zetlandicus