kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Pelecaniformes >
family: Ardeidae Leach, 1820 >
genus: Cochlearius Brisson, 1760 >
species: Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766) >
Middle America