Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Strigiformes - (Family) Strigidae

Original position

Accipitres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Striginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 227.

Alternative positions

Accipitres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 131.
Strigidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 79.

Historical positions

Striginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 227.
Strigidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 79.
Buboninae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990)
Strigidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 989. [rough position]
Striginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 579.
Striginae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 221.
Accipitres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 131.
Accipitres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 92.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16s;68ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Jul 2019	[16s;68ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 229	[16s;68ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[18s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	13s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[11s]