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Picoides
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Picoides is a genus of woodpeckers (family Picidae) that are native to Eurasia and North America, commonly known as three-toed woodpeckers.
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Picoides | |
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Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (P. tridactylus), adult male and the three-toed foot which lacks the first digit | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Picidae |
Tribe: | Melanerpini |
Genus: | Picoides Lacépède, 1799 |
Type species | |
Picus tridactylus[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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