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
Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Laurin 1991]
Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [Laurin 1991] {Reisz, Modesto & Scott 2011}
[crown] Clade Sauria McCartney 1802 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
Clade Archosauromorpha Huene, 1946 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] {Laurin 1991}
Archosauria Cope, 1869
Avesuchia Benton, 1999
Avemetatarsalia Benton, 1999
Ornithodira Gauthier, 1986
Dinosauromorpha Benton, 1985
Dinosauriformes Novas, 1992
Dinosauria Owen, 1842b
Saurischia Seeley, 1887a
Eusaurischia Padian et al., 1999
Theropoda Marsh, 1881a
Tetanurae Gauthier, 1986
Avetheropoda Paul, 1988
Coelurosauria von Huene, 1914a
Tyrannoraptora
Maniraptoriformes T. Holtz, 1996a
Maniraptora Gauthier, 1986
Paraves Sereno, 1997
Avialae Gauthier, 1986
Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Pygostylia
Ornithothoraces Chiappe, 1995
Ornithuromorpha Chiappe, 2002
Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866
Carinatae Merrem, 1813
[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)