Piciformes
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| Piciformes | |
|---|---|
| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker, (Melanerpes carolinus) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 |
| Suborders and families | |
Piciformes are order of birds contain about 67 living genera with a little over 400 species, of which the Picidae (woodpeckers and relatives) make up about half.