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Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes (/ˈpɪsɪfɔːrmiːz/), the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. The Piciformes contain about 71 living genera with a little over 450 species, of which the Picidae make up about half.

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Piciformes

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related to Classification · 31
Piciformes → African, Asian, Belgium, Boutersem, Early Oligocene, Family Bucconidae, Family Capitonidae, Family Lybiidae, Family Miopiconidae, Family Picavidae, Family Picidae, Family Ramphastidae, Family Semnornithidae, France, Frauenweiler, Genus Rupelramphastoides, Germany, Grive-Saint-Alban, Herrlingen, Infraorder PicidesFamily Indicatoridae
related to Evolution · 19
Piciformes → Early Eocene Neanis, Europe, Gracilitarsidae, Hassiavis, Homalopus, Miocene, Neotropical, Old World, Oligocene, Pici, Picidae, Piciform, Picus, Pliocene Bathoceleus, Reconstruction, Sylphornithidae, The, There, Zygodactylidae/Primoscenidae
related to Taxonomy · 14
Piciformes → According, Analysis, Bucconidae, Capitonidae, Coraciiformes, David Donsker, Frank Gill, Galbuliformes, International Ornithological Committee, IOC, Pamela, Rasmussen, The, The Galbulidae
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Piciformes → Life Piciformes, Tree
see also · 1
Piciformes → List

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picidae oligocene order species woodpeckers families early gen et sp indet pici make birds miocene fossil capitonidae barbets toucans honeyguides

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Piciformesrelated to ClassificationOrder0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationPICIFORMES Unassigned0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationIRScNB Av0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationEarly Oligocene0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationBoutersem0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationBelgium0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationSMF Av0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationLate Oligocene0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationHerrlingen0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationGermany0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationSuborder GalbuliFamily Galbulidae0.60section
Piciformesrelated to ClassificationFamily Bucconidae0.60section

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