Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Recurvirostridae
Original position
Subsequent positions
Current position
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				Historical positions
				
					
						| Recurvirostridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
								
									E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 133. | 
						
							| Recurvirostrini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1854 | Ref: 
									
										B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 108. | 
							
								| Recurvirostridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
										
											C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990) | 
								
									| Recurvirostridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
											
												W.J. Bock, 1982: 984. | 
									
										| Recurvirostridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
												
													B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 562. | 
										
											| Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
													
														C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 256. | 
											
												| Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
														
															C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 151.
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