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 Cuculiformes Wagler, 1830 - cuckoos and plantain-eaters
                   Family Cuculidae Vigors, 1825 - cuckoos
                     Subfamily Geococcyginae Reichenow - ground cuckoos see Subfamily Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891
                       Genus Geococcyx Wagler, 1831
                         Geococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836) - lesser roadrunner