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Piciformes (woodpeckers and close relatives)

Synonyms: Galbuliformes

Wikipedia Abstract

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. The Piciformes contain about 67 living genera with a little over 400 species, of which the Picidae (woodpeckers and relatives) make up about half.
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Family

Bucconidae (46)   (1)
Capitonidae (17)
Galbulidae (19)
Gracilitarsidae (1)
Indicatoridae (Honeyguides) (20)
Lybiidae (50)
Megalaimidae (37)
Picidae (Woodpeckers) (282)   (7)
Ramphastidae (Toucans) (51)   (3)
Semnornithidae (2)

Genus

Rupelramphastoides (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0