Tachymarptis melba (alpine swift) | 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 Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
        
        Family Apodidae (swifts)
        
        Tachymarptis (alpine and mottled swifts)
        
        Species Tachymarptis melba (alpine swift)
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba africanus
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba archeri
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba bakeri
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba marjoriae
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba maximus
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba melba
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba nubifuga
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba tuneti
        
        Subspecies Tachymarptis melba willsi