Definition of Picariae. Meaning of Picariae. Synonyms of Picariae

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Definition of Picariae

Picariae
Picariae Pi*ca"ri*[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds.

Meaning of Picariae from wikipedia

-  31–40. S****ey, G. E. (1891). "Xantholaema intermedia". Catalogue of the Picariae in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 19. London: The Trustees...
- University Press. p. 180. Hargitt, E. (1890). Volume 18: Catalogue of the Picariae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of Birds in the British...
- Tommaso (1878). "Prodromus ornithologiae Papuasiae et Moluccarum: VI Picariae. Fam. Cuculidae". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova...
- Expeditionen nach Szetschwan, Osttibet und Tschili. 3 Teil. Aves. P****eres und Picariae I. Abh. Ber. Mus. Tierk. Völkerk. Dresden, 16(2), 11-21. Scherzinger, W...
- collection of the British Museum. Sturniformes... (1890). Catalogue of the Picariae in the collection of the British Museum. Coraciae... (1892). Catalogue...
- under different taxa. Hartert in 1892 classified Caprimulgiformes with Picariae which at the time included hoopoes, hummingbirds and swifts. Frogmouths...