family Picidae

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family Picidae - woodpeckers

Picidae

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

order Piciformes, Piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans

peckerwood, woodpecker, pecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

genus Picus, Picus - type genus of Picidae

genus Picoides, Picoides - a genus of Picidae

Colaptes, genus Colaptes - a genus of Picidae

Campephilus, genus Campephilus - a genus of Picidae

genus Melanerpes, Melanerpes - a genus of Picidae

genus Sphyrapicus, Sphyrapicus - a genus of Picidae

genus Jynx, Jynx - wrynecks

genus Picumnus, Picumnus - a genus of Picidae

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The families observed there were belonged to Falconiformes (3 spp.), Piciformes contained 2 species belonging to family Picidae. Upupidae (2 spp.), Coraciidae (1 sp.), Halcyonidae (1sp.), Alcedinidae (1 sp.), Meropidae (2 spp.), Cuculidae (2 spp.) belonged to order Coraciiformes.

STUDY OF VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY AT LAL SUHANRA NATIONAL PARK, PAKISTAN

vociferus Wilson, whip-poor- I C will Chordeiles minor (Forster), I O common nighthawk Order Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family Apodidae (swifts) Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus), I A chimney swift Family Trochilidae (hummingbords) Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus), I C ruby-throated hummingbird Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin), I R rufous hummingbird Order Coraciiformes (todies, motmots, and kingfishers) Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers) Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus), belted I O kingfisher Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and allies) Family Picidae (woodpeckers) Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus), I C northern flicker Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus), I O pileated woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus), I C red-bellied woodspecker M.

Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

Woodpeckers (family Picidae) are characterized in having stiffened tail feathers and a powerful bill, specialized to feed on insects.

Breeding Biology of Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker, Picus squamatus, in Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan