Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Ardeiformes - (Family) Ardeidae

Original position

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Ardeini (Tribe) Leach, 1820

Current position

Ardeini (Tribe) Leach, 1820

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 87. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 129.
Ardeinae (Subfamily) Leach, 1820	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 87.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 233.

Historical positions

Ardeinae (Subfamily) Leach, 1820	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 87.
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 129.
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 368.
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 973. [rough position]
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Ardeinae (Subfamily) Leach, 1820	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 574.
Ardeidae (Family) Leach, 1820	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 282.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 233.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 141. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11s;15ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 May 2015	[11s;15ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 87	[11s;15ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[11s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[10s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[19s]