[Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Bilateralia
         Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
                   Ardeidae Leach, 1820 - herons, bitterns and egrets
                     Nycticorax Forster, 1817
                       Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, 1789) - rufous night heron