Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Passeriformes - (Family) Motacillidae

Original position

Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Motacillidae (Family) Horsfield, 1821

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 739.

Alternative positions

Motacillinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 289.
Motacillini (Tribe)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 328.

Historical positions

Motacillidae (Family) Horsfield, 1821	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 739.
Motacillinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 289.
Motacillidae (Family) Horsfield, 1821	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 1005.
Motacillidae (Family) Horsfield, 1821	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 626.
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 120, 328.
Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 184.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11s;24ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[11s]
2003	E.C. Dickinson	[11s]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[11s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[34s]