Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Cuculiformes - (Family) Cuculidae

Original position

Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cuculinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 207.

Alternative positions

Cuculidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 44.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 168.

Historical positions

Cuculinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 207.
Cuculidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 44.
Cuculinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Cuculidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 988. [rough position]
Cuculinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 575.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 168.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 110.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16s;17ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 Mar 2019	[16s;17ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 208	[16s;17ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[14s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	21s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8s]