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  • Meiglyptes

    Meiglyptes is a genus in the woodpecker family Picidae of Southeast Asian birds .

    1/ Black-and-buff woodpecker (Gõ kiến đầu rắn, Meiglyptes jugularis)
    The name Meiglyptes comes from the Ancient Greek: meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".

  • Piciformes

    The order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives, includes nine families of largely arboreal birds.
    1/ Woodpecker
    2/ Barbet 
    3/ Toucans
    4/ Toucan-barbets
    5/ Honeyguides
    6/ Jacamars 
    7/ Puffbirds 

    Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker