Piciformes

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Piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucansorder Piciformesanimal order - the order of animalsAves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birdspiciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring woodfamily Picidae, Picidae - woodpeckersCapitonidae, family Capitonidae - barbetsBucconidae, family Bucconidae - puffbirdsfamily Indicatoridae, Indicatoridae - honey guidesfamily Galbulidae, Galbulidae - jacamarsfamily Ramphastidae, Ramphastidae - toucans

Piciformes

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Piciformes

[‚pis·ə′fȯr‚mēz] (vertebrate zoology) An order of birds characterized by the peculiar arrangement of the tendons of the toes.

Piciformes

an order of birds; anatomically they are close to the Coraciiformes and the Passeriformes. They are smalland medium-sized arboreal birds, which nest in hollows or burrows. The eggs are white, and the young of most species are naked when they hatch. They vary greatly in outer appearance and habits. There are six families: Galbulidae, Bucconidae, Ramphastidae, Indicatoridae, Capitonidae, and Picidae. There are approximately 400 species, found throughout the world except for Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and Polynesia. Piciformes are most numerous in tropical forests.

REFERENCES

Rukovodstvo po zoologii, vol. 6. Moscow-Leningrad, 1940.
Shul’pin, L. M.Ornitologiia. Leningrad, 1940.

Piciformes

Related to Piciformes: Passeriformes, Apodiformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Gruiformes

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Synonyms for Piciformes

noun woodpeckers

Synonyms

order Piciformes

Related Words

animal order
Aves
class Aves
piciform bird
family Picidae
Picidae
Capitonidae
family Capitonidae
Bucconidae
family Bucconidae
family Indicatoridae
Indicatoridae
family Galbulidae
Galbulidae
family Ramphastidae
Ramphastidae