Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Phasianinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 59.

Alternative positions

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 270.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 10.

Historical positions

Phasianinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 59.
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 10.
Phasianinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 978. [rough position]
Phasianidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Phasianinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 556.
Phasianinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 319.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 270.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 158.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;34ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 May 2015	[2s;34ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 60	[2s;34ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]