Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Columbiformes
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Columbae (Suborder) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
						
							B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 93. | 
				
					| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 157.
							 [rough position] [indirect] | 
					
						| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
								
									1995 | 
						
							| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
									
										B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 86. | 
							
								| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
										
											C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 375. | 
								
									| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
											
												R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625. | 
									
										| Columbae (Suborder) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
												
													W.J. Bock, 1982: 987; 986. | 
										
											| Columbiformes (Order) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
													
														B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 567. | 
											
												| Columbae (Suborder) Latham, 1790 | Ref: 
														
															P. Brodkorb, 1971: 188. | 
											
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