Aves - Piciformes - Picidae
Parent taxon: Piciformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brunet 1970, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022, Parmalee 1992, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Lybiidae, Megalaimidae, Pici, Picoidae, Pristineanis, Ramphastidae, Semnornithidae, Sylphornithidae
Subtaxa: Campephilus Colaptes Dendrocopos Dryocopus Homalopus Jynginae Jynx Melanerpes Nesoctites Palaeopicus Picinae Picoides Picumninae Picumnus Picus Pliopicus Sapheopipo Sphyrapicus Uintornis Xiphidiopicus
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), the Bahamas (5), Bermuda (7), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2), France (1), Greece (2), Haiti (1), Hungary (1), Italy (5), Japan (1), Romania (1), Spain (2), United States (40: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Miocene of Ukraine (1), United States (1: Kansas)
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming)
Total: 75 collections including 123 occurrences