Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Coraciiformes - (Family) Upupidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Upupidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 297. | 
					
						| Upupidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
								
									B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 35. | 
						
							| Upupidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 | Ref: 
									
										W.J. Bock, 1982: 994. | 
							
								| Upupinae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
										
											B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 611. | 
								
									| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 183. | 
									
										| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
												
													C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 117. | 
									
									Number of Subtaxa