Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Piciformes - (Family) Picidae

Original position

Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Jynginae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 311. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Jygninae (Subfamily) nom. null.	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 311.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 112. [new taxon]
Picidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 20.

Historical positions

Jygninae (Subfamily) nom. null.	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 311.
Picidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 20.
Picidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 996. [rough position]
Jynginae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 614.
Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 112.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[2s]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[1s]