Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Columbiformes - (Family) Columbidae

Original position

Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 157.

Alternative positions

Columbidae (Family) Illiger, 1811	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 86.
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 279.

Historical positions

Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 157.
Columbidae (Family) Illiger, 1811	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 86.
Columbidae (Family) Illiger, 1811	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Columbidae (Family) Illiger, 1811	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 987. [rough position]
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 568.
Columbinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 192.
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 120, 279.
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 162.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	50s;77ss; ‡2s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Apr 2018	[50s;77ss; ‡2s;2ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 160	[50s;77ss; ‡2s;2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[54s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	50s; †2s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[22s]