Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Ardeiformes

Current position

Ardeiformes (Order) Wagler, 1830

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.

Alternative positions

Ardeae (Suborder) Wagler, 1831	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Ardeoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 128.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 973.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.

Historical positions

Ardeiformes (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 84; 17.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Ardeoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 128.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 368.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 973-974.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 574.
Ardeae (Suborder) Wagler, 1831	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 280.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18g;63s;96ss; ‡4s;1ss; †8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 May 2015	[18g;63s;96ss; †8g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 84	19g;65[64]s;[101ss]; ‡1s;[1ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	21g;65s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[18g;62s]
1982	W.J. Bock	2sf;16g;62s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †8g]