Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Glareoloidea (Superfamily) Brehm, 1831

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: App. (p. 626).
Laroidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 110.

Historical positions

Glareoloidea (Superfamily) Brehm, 1831	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 145. [indirect]
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: 1995
Laroidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 110.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 373.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 626).
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 985.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 564.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 203.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;18s;25ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 May 2015	[5g;18s;25ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 145	5g;18s;[25ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	6g;18s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	5g17s
1982	W.J. Bock	5g;16s