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 Coliiformes Murie, 1872 - mousebirds
                   Family Coliidae Swainson, 1836 - mousebirds
                     Genus Colius Brisson, 1760
                       Subgenus Colius Brisson, 1760 see Genus Colius Brisson, 1760
                         1 Colius striatus J.F. Gmelin, 1789 - speckled mousebird
                         2 Colius castanotus J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1855 - red-backed mousebird
                         3 Colius leucocephalus Reichenow, 1879 - white-headed mousebird
                         4 Colius colius (C. Linnaeus, 1766) - white-backed mousebird