Definition of Order Picariae

1. Noun. Term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes.

Exact synonyms: Picariae
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Aves, Class Aves

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Picariae

order Pectinibranchia
order Pediculati
order Pedipalpi
order Pelecaniformes
order Pelycosauria
order Perciformes
order Percomorphi
order Perissodactyla
order Peronosporales
order Pezizales
order Phalangida
order Phallales
order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
order Pholidota
order Picariae (current term)
order Piciformes
order Piperales
order Plantaginales
order Platyctenea
order Plecoptera
order Plectognathi
order Pleuronectiformes
order Plumbaginales
order Podicipediformes
order Podicipitiformes
order Polemoniales
order Polygonales
order Polymastigina
order Polypodiales

Literary usage of Order Picariae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"The "order Picariae," as treated in the 'Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum' (Vols. XVI-XIX), consists of eight 'suborders,' as follows: (i) ..."

2. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1908)
"The order Picariae, including such birds as woodpeckers, kingfishers, and many richly plumaged birds, is especially conspicuous in America, to which seven ..."

3. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The very heterogeneous mass of birds forming the order Picariae, contains 25 families, 307 genera and 1604 species. This gives about 64 species to each ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"According to the classification adopted in the Natural History Museum the order Picariae contains eight sub-orders, the last of which, ..."

5. Tropical Nature, and Other Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1878)
"The order Picariae comprises twenty-five families, some of which are very extensive. All are either wholly or mainly tropical, only two of the families—the ..."

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