kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 >
genus: Estrilda Swainson, 1827 >
species: Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758) >