Concise hierarchy

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

Original entries

†Mancallinae (Subfamily) (L. Miller) P. Brodkorb, 1967

Current position

Alcides (Infraorder) Sharpe, 1891

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

Alternative positions

Alcae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.
Charadriformes (Order)	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.

Historical positions

Alcides (Infraorder) Sharpe, 1891	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 154. [indirect]
Charadriformes (Order)	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: 1995
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 20, 375. [rough position]
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Alcae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.
Alcae (Suborder) Sharpe	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 213.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;23s;30ss; ‡1g;1s; †7g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 May 2015	[10g;23s;30ss; ‡1g; †7g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23, 154	11[10]g;24[23]s;[30ss]; ‡[1g];1s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	12g22s; †1g1s
1982	W.J. Bock	13g;23s
1967	P. Brodkorb	[; †6g]