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Piculus
File:Flickr - Rainbirder - Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex) male.jpg
Adult male Piculus simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Piculus
Spix, 1824
Species

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Piculus is a genus of bird in the Picidae family.

It contains the following species:

Three other species, formerly placed here, are now in Colaptes.


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