Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Coraciiformes - (Family) Meropidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Meropidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
						
							E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 295. | 
				
					| Meropidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
							
								B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 42. | 
					
						| Meropidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
								
									W.J. Bock, 1982: 993. | 
						
							| Meropidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
									
										B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 610. | 
							
								| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
										
											C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 182. | 
								
									| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 117.
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