Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Charadriiformes - (Family) Rynchopidae

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Rynchopidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838

Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.

Alternative positions

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 228.
Rynchopinae (Subfamily) (Dickinson & Remsen, 2013)	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 153.
Rynchopini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1852	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 111.

Historical positions

Rynchopinae (Subfamily) (Dickinson & Remsen, 2013)	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 153.
Rynchopini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1852	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 111.
Rynchopidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 986.
Rynchopidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1975 (1969): 566.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 228.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 138. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s;3ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 25 May 2015	[3s;3ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 153	[3s;3ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[3s]
1982	W.J. Bock	3s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]