Order Piciformes Meyer and Wolf 1810 (bird)
Parent taxon: Passerimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Feduccia 1973, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2011, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Coraciiformes, Zygodactylidae
Subtaxa: Lybiidae Megalaimidae Pici Picidae Picoidae Pristineanis Ramphastidae Semnornithidae Sylphornithidae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore