Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Alcedinoidea (Superfamily) Stejneger, 1885

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.

Alternative positions

Alcedinida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 39.
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 993.
Halcyones (Suborder) Forbes, 1884	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.

Historical positions

Alcedinoidea (Superfamily) Stejneger, 1885	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 24, 284; 18. [implicit]
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: 1995
Alcedinida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 39.
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 383.
Halcyones (Suborder) Forbes, 1884	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 993.
Coraciiformes (Order) Forbes, 1884	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 609.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	17g;90s;26ss; ‡1s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	17g;91[90]s; ‡1s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 24	17g;91[90]s; ‡1s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	3g;25s
1982	W.J. Bock	3sf;14g;91s