Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Passeriformes - (Family) Paridae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Paridae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 523. | 
					
						| Parinae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
								
									B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 243. | 
						
							| Parinae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
									
										W.J. Bock, 1982: 1007. | 
							
								| Paridae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
										
											B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 640. | 
								
									| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. a Linné, 1766: 120, 340. | 
									
										| Passeres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
												
													C. Linnaeus, 1758: 85, 189. | 
									
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