Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Passeriformes - (Family) Hirundinidae
Original position
Original entries
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
		Historical positions
		
			
				| Hirundininae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
						
							E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 535. | 
				
					| Hirundininae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
							
								B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 247. | 
					
						| Hirundinidae (Family) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
								
									W.J. Bock, 1982: 1002.
								 [rough position] | 
						
							| Hirundininae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
									
										B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 624. | 
							
								| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
										
											C. a Linné, 1766: 119, 343. | 
								
									| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 191. | 
								
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