Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Apodiformes

Current position

Apodi (Suborder) Peters, 1940

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.

Alternative positions

Apodiformes (Order) Peters, 1940	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 381.
Trochili (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Trochiliformes (Order) Wagler	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 63.

Historical positions

Apodi (Suborder) Peters, 1940	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 94.
Apodiformes (Order) Peters, 1940	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 23, 255; 18. [implicit]
Apodiformes (Order) Peters, 1940	Ref: 1995
Trochiliformes (Order) Wagler	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 63.
Apodiformes (Order) Peters, 1940	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 381.
Trochili (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Trochili (Suborder)	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 991-992.
Trochiliformes (Order) Wagler	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 581.
Trochiliformes (Order) Wagler	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 242.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	104g;328s;105ss; ‡4s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	104g;328s; ‡4s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 23	104g;331[327]s; ‡4s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	108g;322[321]s; ‡[1s]
1982	W.J. Bock	116g;341s