Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Galliformes - (Family) Meleagrididae

Original position

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Meleagrididae (Family) Gray, 1840

Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 371.

Alternative positions

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 268.
Meleagridae (Family) Gray, 1840	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 979.
Meleagridinae (Subfamily) Gray	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 44.
Meleagrinae (Subfamily) G.R. Gray	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 325.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.

Historical positions

Meleagridinae (Subfamily) Gray	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 44.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Meleagrididae (Family) Gray, 1840	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 371.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Meleagridae (Family) Gray, 1840	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 979.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Meleagridinae (Subfamily) Gray	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): [555].
Meleagrinae (Subfamily) G.R. Gray	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 325.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 268.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 156.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;6ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s;6ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[2s;6ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[1s]
1982	W.J. Bock	[1s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s]