kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Accipitriformes >
family: Accipitridae Vigors, 1824 >
genus: Buteo Lacepede, 1799 >
species: Buteo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 >