Piciformes

Piciformes Temporal range: Early Eocene tae present
Reid-crouned specht Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus female, Tobago
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Clade:	Picodynastornithes
Order:	Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810
Suborders an faimilies
Galbuli Bucconidae Galbulidae Pici Ramphastides Megalaimidae Lybiidae Capitonidae Semnornithidae Ramphastidae Picides Indicatoridae Picidae For prehistoric taxa, see text
Synonyms
Galbuliformes Fürbringer, 1888

Nine faimilies o lairgely arboreal birds mak up the order Piciformes, the best-kent o them bein the Picidae, that includes the spechts an close relatives.