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Piciformes
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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.
Quick Facts Piciformes Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present, Scientific classification ...
Piciformes Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present | |
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Reid-crouned specht Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus female, Tobago | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Clade: | Picodynastornithes |
Order: | Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 |
Suborders an faimilies | |
For prehistoric taxa, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Galbuliformes Fürbringer, 1888 |
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