Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Crotophaginae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1837

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 217.

Alternative positions

Crotophagini (Tribe)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 48.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 154.

Historical positions

Crotophaginae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1837	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 217.
Crotophagini (Tribe)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 48.
Crotophaginae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1837	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Cuculidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 988. [rough position]
Crotophaginae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1837	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 576.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 154.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 105. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s;1ss; ‡1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Jul 2019	[3s;1ss; ‡1ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 217	[3s;1ss; ‡1ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[3s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	3s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]