Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Ciconioidea (Superfamily) Sundevall, 1836

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.

Alternative positions

Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 368.
Phoenicopteri (Suborder) Fürbringer
Phoenicopteriformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 975.
Phoenicopteroidea (Superfamily) Stejneger, 1885	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 131.

Historical positions

Ciconioidea (Superfamily) Sundevall, 1836	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 91.
Phoenicopteriformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 80. [implicit]
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: 1995
Phoenicopteroidea (Superfamily) Stejneger, 1885	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 131.
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 368.
Charadriiformes (Order) Huxley, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 626.
Phoenicopteriformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 975.
Phoenicopteriformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Ciconiiformes (Order) Bonaparte, 1854	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Phoenicopteriformes (Order) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 577.
Phoenicopteri (Suborder) Fürbringer	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1963: 271.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;5s;2ss; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 6 May 2015	[3g;5s;2ss; †2g]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 80	3g;5s;[2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	1g;5s
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[3g;5s]
1982	W.J. Bock	3g;6s
1963	P. Brodkorb	[; †2g]