kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Icteridae >
genus: Molothrus Swainson, 1832 >
species: Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789) >