kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Locustellidae Bonaparte, 1875 >
genus: Megalurus Horsfield, 1821 >
species: Megalurus palustris Horsfield, 1821 >