Bird Taxonomy

 Kingdom: Animalia  - multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that consume organic material, breathe oxygen, and are able to move.

Phylum: Chordata - animals that have a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, endostyle or thyroid, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.

Class: Aves - characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

Order: Passeriformes - Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by the arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching

Family: Parulidae - The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds that make up the family Parulidae and are restricted to the New World

Genus: Setophaga - Most Setophaga species are long-range migrants, wintering in or near the New World tropics and seasonally migrating to breed in North America.

Species: Chrysoparia - The golden-cheeked warbler is very striking due to its bright yellow cheeks that are contrasted by its black throat and back. It is also identified by its unique buzzing song emerging from the wooded canyons where it breeds

Wikipedia. (05/29/2022). Golden-cheeked warbler. Retrieved 07/27/2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-cheeked_warbler

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