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 Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
                   Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
                     Subfamily Circinae Sundevall, 1836 - harriers see Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816
                       Genus Circus Lacépède, 1799
                         [Circus maillardi] Verreaux, 1862 - Madagascar marsh-harrier
                           Circus maillardi maillardiᵀ Verreaux, 1862 - Madagascar marsh-harrier