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 Buteoninae Vigors - buzzards & eagles
see Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816
Genus Buteo Lacépède, 1799
Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) - common buzzard
Buteo buteo zimmermannae Ehmke, 1898