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Piciformes

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Pic`i`for´mes    (pĭs`ĭ`fôr´mēz)
prop. n. p1.(Zool.) A group of birds including the woodpeckers, toucans, barbets, colies, kingfishes, hornbills, and some other related groups.
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Noun1.Piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
order Piciformes
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
piciform bird - any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
family Picidae, Picidae - woodpeckers
Capitonidae, family Capitonidae - barbets
Bucconidae, family Bucconidae - puffbirds
family Indicatoridae, Indicatoridae - honey guides
family Galbulidae, Galbulidae - jacamars
family Ramphastidae, Ramphastidae - toucans
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In laboratory studies, species in the orders Passeriformes (song birds), Charadriiformes (shorebirds), Strigiformes (owls), and Falconiformes (hawks) developed viremia levels sufficient to infect most feeding mosquitoes, whereas species of Columbiformes (pigeons), Piciformes (woodpeckers), and Anseriformes (ducks) did not (23,36).
Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of West Nile virus disease by Campbell, Grant L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Shedding (either per cloaca or per os) was observed in representatives of 8 of the 10 orders, with the exceptions of Psittaciformes (n=6 individual birds) and Piciformes species (n=1).
Experimental infection of North American birds with the New York 1999 ... by Bunning, Michel / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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