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Picidae (woodpecker)
Taxonomy
Picidae was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Picoidae by Hay (1930); to Picoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Piciformes by Brunet (1970), Carroll (1988), Parmalee (1992), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); to Pici by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Mayr (2022); and to Piciformes by Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Picoidae by Hay (1930); to Picoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Piciformes by Brunet (1970), Carroll (1988), Parmalee (1992), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); to Pici by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Mayr (2022); and to Piciformes by Tambussi et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Picidae Vigors |
| 1930 | Picidae Hay p. 352 |
| 1933 | Picidae Lambrecht p. 629 |
| 1940 | Picidae Wetmore p. 69 |
| 1956 | Picidae Wetmore p. 89 |
| 1970 | Picidae Brunet p. 46 |
| 1988 | Picidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Picidae Parmalee p. 314 |
| 2007 | Picidae Livezey and Zusi p. 95 |
| 2014 | Picidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Picidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Picidae Mayr p. 209 figs. Fig. 10.8 |
| 2023 | Picidae Tambussi et al. p. 275 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Picidae Vigors 1825 [woodpecker]
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G. Colaptes Vigors 1825
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Colaptes auratus cafer Gmelin 1788
Colaptes campestris Vieillot 1818 [campo flicker]
Colaptes chrysoides Malherbe 1852
†Colaptes naroskyi Agnolín and Jofré 2017
†Colaptes oceanicus Olson 2013 [Bermuda flicker]
G. Melanerpes Swainson 1832
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Melanerpes carolinus Linnaeus 1758 [red-bellied woodpecker]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 [red-headed woodpecker]
Melanerpes formicivorus Swainson 1827 [acorn woodpecker]
Melanerpes lewis Gray 1849 [Lewis's woodpecker]
Melanerpes striatus Statius Muller 1776 [Hispaniolan woodpecker]
Melanerpes superciliaris Temminck 1827 [West Indian woodpecker]
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Invalid names: Bathoceleus hyphalus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Invalid names: Asyndesmus Coues 1866 [synonym], Bathoceleus Brodkorb 1959 [synonym], Centurus Swainson 1837 [synonym]
G. †Palaeopicus Lambrecht 1933
Subfm. Picinae Bonaparte 1838
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G. Picoides Lacépède 1799
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Picoides borealis Vieillot 1809 [red-cockaded woodpecker]
†Picoides major Linnaeus 1758
†Picoides medius Linnaeus 1758
Picoides pubescens Linnaeus 1766 [downy woodpecker]
Picoides villosus Linnaeus 1766 [hairy woodpecker]
G. Picumnus Temminck 1825
G. Picus Linnaeus 1758
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Picus canus Gmelin 1788 [gray-headed woodpecker]
†Picus gaudryi Depéret 1887
†Picus peregrinabundus Umans'ka 1981
Picus viridis Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian green woodpecker]
G. †Pliopicus Feduccia and Wilson 1967
G. Sphyrapicus Baird 1858
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Sphyrapicus ruber Gmelin 1788 [red-breasted sapsucker]
Sphyrapicus varius Linnaeus 1766 [yellow-bellied sapsucker]
G. †Uintornis Marsh 1872
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†Uintornis lucaris Marsh 1872
†Uintornis marionae Feduccia and Martin 1976
Invalid names: Jynginae Bonaparte 1838 [empty], Picumninae del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available