= Ixobrychus minutus podiceps (Bonaparte, 1855)
kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Pelecaniformes >
family: Ardeidae Leach, 1820 >
genus: Botaurus Stephens, 1819 >
species: Botaurus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) >
Africa