Aves - Piciformes - Picidae

Parent taxon: Picidae according to J. del Hoyo et al. 2014

See also Livezey and Zusi 2007, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Campephilus, Colaptes, Dendrocopos, Dryocopus, Homalopus, Jynginae, Jynx, Melanerpes, Nesoctites, Palaeopicus, Picoides, Picumninae, Picumnus, Picus, Pliopicus, Sapheopipo, Sphyrapicus, Uintornis, Xiphidiopicus

Subtaxa: Ceophloeus

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Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at La Brea Tar Pits (general) (Quaternary of California)

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