Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891
                   Family Phalacrocoracidae Reichenbach, 1850 - cormorants
                     Genus Phalacrocorax Brisson, 1760
                       Phalacrocorax punctatus (Sparrman, 1786) - spotted shag
                         1 Phalacrocorax punctatus featherstoni Buller, 1873 see Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, 1873