Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Procellariiformes - (Family) Procellariidae

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Procellariidae (Family) Leach, 1820

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 75.

Alternative positions

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 212.
Procellariinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 136.

Historical positions

Procellariidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 75.
Procellariinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 136.
Procellariidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 367.
Procellariidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 971.
Procellariidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Procellariinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 572.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 212.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 131. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 May 2015	[4s;2ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 75	[4s;2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[4s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s]