Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Psittaciformes - (Family) Psittacidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Psittacini (Tribe) Illiger, 1811 | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 194.
							 [implicit] | 
					
						| Psittacidae (Family) Illiger, 1811 | Ref: 
								
									B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 53. | 
						
							| Psittacinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811 | Ref: 
									
										C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990) | 
							
								| Psittacidae (Family) Illiger, 1811 | Ref: 
										
											W.J. Bock, 1982: 988.
										 [rough position] | 
								
									| Psittacini (Tribe) Illiger, 1811 | Ref: 
											
												B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 573. | 
									
										| Carinatæ (Order) Merrem, 1813 | Ref: 
												
													E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453.
												 [rough position] | 
										
											| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
													
														C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 139. | 
											
												| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
														
															C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 96.
														 [new position] | 
											
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