Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
Family Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
Genus Melanophoyx Sharpe, 1894
see Genus Egretta Forster, 1817
Melanophoyx ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827)
see Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827)