kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Icteridae >
genus: Quiscalus Vieillot, 1816 >
species: Quiscalus niger (Boddaert, 1783) >