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 Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
Suborder Lari Sharpe, 1891 - gulls and allies
Family Laridae Vigors, 1825 - gulls, terns and skimmers
Genus Rissa Stephens, 1826
Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) - black-legged kittiwake