Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Falconoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1824

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.

Alternative positions

Accipitres (Suborder) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 289.
Falcones (Suborder) Lambrecht, 1933	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 977.
Falconida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 124.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.

Historical positions

Falconoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1824	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: [22], 93. [implicit]
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: 1995
Falconida (Parvorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 124.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 370.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Falcones (Suborder) Lambrecht, 1933	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 977; 976.
Falconiformes (Order) Sharpe, 1874	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 586.
Accipitres (Suborder) (C. Linnaeus, 1758)	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 289.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11g;64s;116ss; ‡2s; †3g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 May 2015	[11g;64s;116ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22]	11g;64[63]s; ‡1s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: [22], 93	11g;64[63]s;[116ss]; ‡1s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	10g;63[62]s; ‡[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[10g;62s]
1982	W.J. Bock	4sf;10g;62s
1964	P. Brodkorb	[; †3g]