Superfamily Picoidae (bird)
Aves - Piciformes - Picoidae
Alternative spelling: Picoidea
Parent taxon: Piciformes according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Pici, Picidae, Pristineanis, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Picoidae in the database