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 Melospiza S.F. Baird, 1858
                             Melospiza melodia (A. Wilson, 1810) - song sparrow