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: 126.

Alternative positions

Fulicinae (Subfamily) Nitzsch, 1820	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 559.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 257.
Rallinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 373.

Historical positions

Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 126.
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 102.
Rallinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 373.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 981. [rough position]
Rallidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Fulicinae (Subfamily) Nitzsch, 1820	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 559.
Fulicinae (Subfamily) Nitzsch, 1820	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1967: 129.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 257.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 152. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11s;8ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 May 2015	[11s;8ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 127	[11s;8ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[11s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[10s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]