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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Piciformes — manywoodpeckers and similar birds.
Etymologies
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Examples
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All woodpeckers are placed into the taxonomic family, Picidae.
Mystery bird: Ladder-backed woodpecker, Picoides scalaris | @GrrlScientist 2011
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Like all the Picidae this bird nests in the trunk or a branch of a tree.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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This will appear all the more remarkable when it is remembered that the _Picidae_ do not descend head downward at all, while the _Sittinae_ are the head-downward goers par excellence.
Our Bird Comrades 1896
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(Sphyrapucys spp.), and flickers (Colaptes spp.) belong to an interesting and well-known group of birds in the family Picidae.
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The Caprimulgidae and Picidae probably originated in North America
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
biocon commented on the word Picidae
Picidae signifies "a family of birds (suborder Pici) comprising the woodpeckers, the piculets, and the wrynecks." Sibley & Monroe (1990: 43-45, Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world) did not recognize suborder Pici. Instead, they designated infraorder Picides.
See picidae (the first letter of this familial name must be upper case).
June 28, 2011