Piciformes

Nine faimilies o lairgely arboreal birds mak up the order Piciformes, the best-kent o them bein the Picidae, that includes the spechts an close relatives.

Piciformes
Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present
Reid-crouned specht
Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus
female, Tobago
Scientific classification e
Kinrick:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Cless:Aves
Clade:Picodynastornithes
Order:Piciformes
Meyer & Wolf, 1810
Suborders an faimilies
  • Galbuli
    • Bucconidae
    • Galbulidae
  • Pici
    • Ramphastides
      • Megalaimidae
      • Lybiidae
      • Capitonidae
      • Semnornithidae
      • Ramphastidae
    • Picides

For prehistoric taxa, see text

Synonyms

Galbuliformes Fürbringer, 1888