Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Ralliformes - (Family) Rallidae

Original position

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 120.

Alternative positions

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 261.
Rallinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 373.
Rallini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 557.

Historical positions

Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 120.
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 100.
Rallinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 373.
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 981. [rough position]
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Rallini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 557.
Rallinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 120.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 261.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 153. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9s;33ss; ‡1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 May 2015	[9s;33ss; ‡1ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 121	[9s;33ss; ‡1ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[9s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[9s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]