Natura - nature
actualia - actual entities
Mundus Plinius - physical world
naturalia - natural bodies
Biota
"neomura"
Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
"neokaryotes" - mitochondrial eukaryotes
"neozoa"
"scotokaryotes" Cavalier-Smith, 1999
"podiates" Cavalier-Smith, 2013
Amorphea Adl et al., 2012
Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987
Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Epitheliozoa Ax, 1996
Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910 - eumetazoans
Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
Superphylum Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes
[crown] Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
[crown] Myopterygii - myopterygians
Superclass Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates
Grade Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
Euteleostomi - bony vertebrates
Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
Osteolepidimorpha
Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930
Reptiliomorpha Säve-Söderbergh, 1934
Batrachosauria
Amniota Haeckel, 1866 - amniotes
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Eureptilia Olson, 1947
Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991]
Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [Laurin 1991] {Reisz, Modesto & Scott 2011}
[crown] Sauria McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
Archosauromorpha Huene 1946 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] {Laurin 1991}
Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 1985]
Avesuchia Benton, 1999
Avemetatarsalia Benton 1999
Ornithodira Gauthier 1986
Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985
Dinosauriformes Novas 1992
Dinosauria Owen 1841
Saurischia Seeley 1887 [Gauthier 1986]
Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Gauthier 1986]
Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
Averostra Paul 2002 [Paul 2002]
Tetanurae Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012 [Carrano et al. 2012]
Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999 [Sereno 1999]
Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
Maniraptora Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014 [Foth et al. 2014]
Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
Avialae Gauthier 1986 [Gauthier 1986]
Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Pygostylia Chatterjee 1997 [Chiappe 2001]
Ornithothoraces Chiappe 1995 [Chiappe 1995]
Ornithuromorpha Chiappe 2001 [Chiappe 2001]
Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
[crown] Neornithes - living birds
Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
Division Terrestrornithes B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
Subdivision Dendrornithes Verheyen, 1961
Section Anomalogonates Garrod, 1874
Subsection Pico-clamatores B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
Suborder Halcyones Forbes, 1884 - kingfishers and allies
Superfamily Alcedinoidea Stejneger, 1885
Family Alcedinidaeᵀ Bonaparte, 1831 - kingfishers
Subfamily Cerylinae
Genus Megaceryle Kaup, 1848
Megaceryle alcyon (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - belted kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon alcyonᵀ (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Megaceryle alcyon caurina (Grinnell, 1910)