kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Macrosphenidae Wolters, 1983 >
genus: Melocichla Hartlaub, 1857 >
species: Melocichla mentalis (Fraser, 1843) >