order Piciformes

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Related to order Piciformes: order Passeriformes, order Falconiformes

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order Piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans

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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To our knowledge, benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor has not previously been reported in a toucan or any other species in the order Piciformes.

Benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor in a wild toco toucan (Ramphastos toco)

Life histories of North American woodpeckers: order piciformes.

Breeding Biology of Scaly-Bellied Woodpecker, Picus squamatus, in Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan

The Ramphastidae family, order Piciformes, comprising toucans and aracaris, are indigenous to South America, ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

Survey on Chlamydophila psittaci in captive ramphastids in Sao Paulo State, Brazil/Pesquisa de Chlamydophila psittaci em ranfastideos cativos no Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil