Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Alcinae (Subfamily) Vigors

Current position

Alcinae (Subfamily) Vigors

Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.

Alternative positions

Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 154.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 210.

Historical positions

Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 154.
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 92.
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 375.
Alcinae (Subfamily) Vigors	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 115.
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
Alcidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 210.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 130.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 May 2015	[1s;2ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 154	[1s;2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[1s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	1s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[6s]