kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Pellorneidae Vigors & Delacour, 1946 >
genus: Ptyrticus Hartlaub, 1883 >
species: Ptyrticus turdinus Hartlaub, 1883 >