Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Accipitroidea (Superfamily) Vieillot, 1816

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.

Alternative positions

Accipitres (Suborder) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Accipitrida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.
Falcones (Suborder) Lambrecht, 1933	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 976.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).

Historical positions

Accipitroidea (Superfamily) Vieillot, 1816	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 98. [rough position] [indirect]
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: 1995
Accipitrida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 369.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).
Falcones (Suborder) Lambrecht, 1933	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 976-977.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 582.
Accipitres (Suborder) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 261.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	66g;231s;415ss; ‡1g;5s; †7g;8s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	65g;231s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 98	67g;233s;[419ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	66g;238s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[58g;224s]
1982	W.J. Bock	8sf;64g;217s
1964	P. Brodkorb	[; ‡1g; †20g]