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Taxon: Family Fringillidae Leach, 1820 - finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers (bird)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Passeroidea (Superfamily) Ref: J. Cracraft et al., 2003: 19.

Alternative positions

Oscines (Suborder) Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 1011.
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).

Historical positions

Passeroidea (Superfamily) Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 25, 745; 19.
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: 1995
Passeroidea (Superfamily) Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 302.
Oscines (Suborder) Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 21, 408.
Passeriformes (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 625).
Oscines (Suborder) Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 1011.
Oscines (Suborder) Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 650.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 36g;151s;92ss; ‡12g;34s;3ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 42[35]g;168[151]s; ‡[7g];17s
2003 E.C. Dickinson: 26 42[35]g;168[151]s; ‡[7g];17s
1993 B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley 241[235]g;995[985]s; ‡[6g;10s]
1982 W.J. Bock 2sf;20g;122s
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