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 Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
Family Meropidae Vigors, 1825 - bee-eaters
Genus Melittophagus Boie, 1828
see Genus Merops Linnaeus, 1758
Melittophagus variegatus (Vieillot, 1817)
see Merops variegatus Vieillot, 1817