Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Passeriformes - (Family) Sturnidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Sturninae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 654. | 
					
						| Sturnini (Tribe) Rafinesque, 1815 | Ref: 
								
									B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 237. | 
						
							| Sturninae (Subfamily) | Ref: 
									
										B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 658. | 
							
								| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
										
											C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 164. | 
								
									| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 108.
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