Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Scolopacidae

Original position

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Scolopacidae (Family) Vigors, 1825
Scolopacinae (Subfamily) Vigors

Current position

Scolopacinae (Subfamily) Vigors

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 139.

Alternative positions

Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 118.
Scolopacidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 562.

Historical positions

Scolopacinae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 139.
Scolopacinae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 104.
Scolopacinae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Scolopacidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 983; 984. [rough position]
Scolopacidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 562.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118.
Grallae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 145. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 24 May 2015	[8s;2ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 139	[8s;2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[6s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	6s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[14s]