Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Ramphastoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 30.

Alternative positions

Galbulae (Suborder) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 996. [indirect]
Pici (Suborder) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1971: 260.
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 384.
Picoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1974 (1970): 614.

Historical positions

Pici ([unranked])	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 24, 301; 18. [implicit]
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: 1995
Ramphastoidea (Superfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 30.
Piciformes (Order) Meyer & Wolf, 1810	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 384.
Galbulae (Suborder) Fürbringer, 1888	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 996; 995. [indirect]
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

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;37s;15ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	6g;37s
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 24	20g;120s
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	9g;55s
1982	W.J. Bock	6g;33s