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Piciformes
Six 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...
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Toucan
Toucans are a family, Ramphastidae, of near-passerine birds from the neotropics (i.e. Southern Mexico, Central, South American, and Caribbean region). The family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have...
Scientific name:
- Ramphastidae
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 178146
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 57381
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or...
Scientific name:
- Picidae
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 178148
Honeyguide
Honeyguides, (family Indicatoridae), are near passerine bird species of the order Piciformes. They are also known as indicator birds, or honey birds, although the latter term is also used more narrowly to refer to species of the genus Prodotiscus....
Scientific name:
- Indicatoridae
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 178145
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 189527
