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 Trochiliformes Wagler - hummingbirds
see Suborder Apodi Peters, 1940
Family Trochilidae Vigors, 1825 - hummingbirds
Genus Metallura Gould, 1847
[Metallura aeneocauda] (Gould, 1846) - scaled metaltail
Metallura aeneocauda malagae Berlepsch, 1897 - reddish metaltail