kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Maluridae >
genus: Malurus Vieillot, 1816 >
species: Malurus splendens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) >