Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Pici see Suborder Pici Meyer & Wolf, 1810
         Family Picidae Vigors, 1825 - woodpeckers
           Subfamily Picinae Vigors, 1825 - true woodpeckers
             Genus Dendropicos Malherbe, 1849
               Dendropicos namaquus (A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793) - bearded woodpecker