Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Charadriimorphae (Superorder) Huxley, 1867

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

Alternative positions

Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 557.
Passerimorphae (Superorder) Sibley et al., 1988	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 96.
unnamed (Infraorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 399.

Historical positions

Charadriimorphae (Superorder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.
unnamed (Infraorder)	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 399, box 9.4.
Neoaves (Clade) Sibley et al. 1988	Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 17-18. [inferred rank]
Aves (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Passerimorphae (Superorder) Sibley et al., 1988	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 96.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 372.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 979-980.
Neognathae (Superorder) Pycraft, 1900	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Neornithes (Subclass) Gadow, 1893	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 557.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7f;21g;49s;57ss; ‡1f;1g;3s;1ss; †15f;41g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 May 2015	[7f;21g;49s;57ss]
2007	B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi	[7f; ‡1f]; †(2f)
2003	J. Cracraft et al.: 18 May 2015	[10f;59g;183s;293ss; ‡14s;8ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[9f];53g;197[186]s; ‡[11s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[12f;60g];208[199]s; ‡[10s]
1990		9f
1988	R.L. Carroll: 626	[10f; †9f]
1982	W.J. Bock	8so;12f