Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Galliformes - (Family) Tetraonidae

Current position

Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 371.

Alternative positions

Centrocercini (Tribe)	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 589.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 46.

Historical positions

Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 46.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 371.
Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 978.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Centrocercini (Tribe)	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 589.
Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 321.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s;8ss; ‡2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3s;8ss; ‡2ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[3s;8ss; ‡2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[3s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[3s]