Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Piciformes - (Family) Picidae
Original position
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Picinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
							
								E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 327. | 
					
						| Picidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
								
									B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 26. | 
						
							| Picidae (Family) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
									
										W.J. Bock, 1982: 996.
									 [rough position] | 
							
								| Picinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825 | Ref: 
										
											B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 615. | 
								
									| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
											
												C. a Linné, 1766: 117, 173. | 
									
										| Picae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 | Ref: 
												
													C. Linnaeus, 1758: 83, 112. | 
									
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