kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Passeriformes >
family: Tyrannidae >
genus: Legatus P. L. Sclater, 1859 >
species: Legatus leucophaius (Vieillot, 1818) >
Caribbean , Middle America , South America