Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

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

Alternative positions

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 273.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 45.
Tetraonini (Tribe) Leach, 1820	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 589.

Historical positions

Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 45.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 371.
Tetraonidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 978.
Tetraonini (Tribe) Leach, 1820	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 589.
Tetraoninae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 322.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 273.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 159.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;11ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s;11ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[2s;11ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[4s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[13s]