kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Cardinalidae >
genus: Cardinalis Bonaparte, 1838 >
species: Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) >
North America