Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Ralliformes (Order) Reichenbach, 1854

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.

Alternative positions

Grues (Suborder) Bonaparte, 1854
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Ralli (Suborder) Reichenbach	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 98.

Historical positions

Ralliformes (Order) Reichenbach, 1854	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 117. [implicit]
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Ralli (Suborder) Reichenbach	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 98.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Ralli (Suborder) Reichenbach	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 981.
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Gruiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 557.
Ralli (Suborder) Reichenbach	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 115.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	33g;129s;232ss; ‡3g;33s;7ss; †12g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 May 2015	[33g;129s;232ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 117	33g;141[128]s;[232ss]; ‡13[14]s;[7ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	34g;143[132]s; ‡[11s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[35g;128s; ‡10s]
1982	W.J. Bock	2sf;53g;142s
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; ‡3g; †24g]