Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850

Current position

Numidinae (Subfamily) Reichenbach, 1850

Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 556.

Alternative positions

Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 273. [new taxon]
Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 40.

Historical positions

Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 40.
Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 11.
Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 372.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Numididae (Family) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 979.
Numidinae (Subfamily) Reichenbach, 1850	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 556.
Gallinae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 273. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;9ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s;9ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[1s;9ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[1s]