kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Melanopareiidae Ericson et al., 2010 >
genus: Melanopareia Reichenbach, 1853 >
species: Melanopareia torquata (Wied-Neuwied, 1831) >