Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Muscicapoidea (Superfamily)

Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 19.

Alternative positions

Oscines (Suborder)	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 1007.
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).
Sylvioidea (Superfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 238.

Historical positions

Muscicapoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 25, 644; 19, 20.
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: 1995
Sylvioidea (Superfamily)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 238.
Oscines (Suborder)	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 401. [implicit]
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).
Oscines (Suborder)	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 1007-1008.
Oscines (Suborder)	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 641.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;25s;19ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2g;25s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 26	2g;25s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	2g;25s
1982	W.J. Bock	2sf;2g;23s