living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
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
Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
Suborder Oscines
see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
1 Genus Aplonis Gould, 1836
2 Genus Lamprotornis Temminck, 1820
3 Genus Spreo Lesson, 1831
4 Genus Sturnus Linnaeus, 1758
5 Genus Acidotheres nom. null.
see Genus Acridotheres Vieillot, 1816
6 Subfamily Sturninae
7 Subfamily Buphaginae Lesson, 1828