Suborder Pici Linnaeus 1758 (bird)
Alternative spelling: Picae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Piciformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Gadow 1898, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2001, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2006, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Picidae, Picoidae, Pristineanis, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae
Subtaxa: Capitonoidea Indicatoridae Rupelramphastoides
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
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