Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Piciformes

Current position

Picoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 95.

Alternative positions

Pici (Suborder) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 996.
Picides (Infraorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 20.
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.

Historical positions

Picoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007: 95.
Pici ([unranked])	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 24, 311; 18. [implicit]
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: 1995
Picides (Infraorder)	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 20.
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 384.
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 625.
Pici (Suborder) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 996; 995.
Picoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 614.
Pici (Suborder) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 260.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	29g;210s;90ss; ‡1s;1ss; †3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	29g;210s; ‡1s; †3g
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 24	29g;210[208]s; ‡2s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	28g;216s
1982	W.J. Bock	3sf;27g;204s
1971	P. Brodkorb	[; †3g]