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 Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
Suborder Oscines
see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
Family Emberizidae Vigors, 1825 - buntings, American sparrows and allies
Subfamily Emberizinae
see Family Emberizidae Vigors, 1825
Tribe Emberizini
see Family Emberizidae Vigors, 1825
Genus Melophus Swainson, 1837
Melophus lathami (J.E. Gray, 1831)