Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Charadrioidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825

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.

Historical positions

Charadrioidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 133. [implicit]
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: 1995
Charadrioidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 107.
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 374.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 983.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Charadrii (Suborder) Huxley, 1867	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 562.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;65s;65ss; ‡2s; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 May 2015	[10g;65s;65ss; †3g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 133	10g;66[65]s;[65ss]; ‡1s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	16g;88[87]s; ‡[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	7g65s; †1s
1982	W.J. Bock	8g;64s