Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

Jacaninae (Subfamily) (Stejneger, 1885) P. Brodkorb, 1967
†Rhegminornithinae (Subfamily) (Wetmore) P. Brodkorb, 1967

Current position

Parrae (Suborder) Gadow, 1893

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

Alternative positions

Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Jacanoidea (Superfamily) (Stejneger, 1885) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 106.

Historical positions

Parrae (Suborder) Gadow, 1893	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 137. [indirect]
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: 1995
Jacanoidea (Superfamily) (Stejneger, 1885) Wetmore & Miller, 1926	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 106.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 373.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 982-983.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 561.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 201.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;8s;9ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 May 2015	[6g;8s;9ss; †1g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 137	6g;8s;[9ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	6g;8s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	6g8s
1982	W.J. Bock	6g;8s
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; †1g]