Name - Pici

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:616751 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds.
• The earliest fossil record of a modern-type piciform bird from the late Oligocene of Germany.
• Ducks, rails, and limicoline waders (Aves: Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the lowermost Oligocene of Belgium.
• Molecular support for a sister group relationship between Pici and Galbulae (Piciformes sensu Wetmore 1960).
• First fossil skull of a Palaeogene representative of the pici (woodpeckers and allies) and its evolutionary implications.

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