kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Piciformes >
family: Picidae >
subfamily: Jynginae >
genus: Jynx Linnaeus, 1758 >
species: Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 >
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)