Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Current position

Larinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 146.

Alternative positions

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 224.
Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Larini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 111.

Historical positions

Larinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 146.
Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Larini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 111.
Larinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Larinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Laridae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 565.
Larinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 206.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 224.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 136.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	43s;39ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 May 2015	[43s;39ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 148	[43s;39ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[44s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	42s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[6s]