piciform bird

Noun
  1. Any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood (synset 101840679)
    is a type of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
    subtypes:
    • pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker - bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
    • barbet - small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
    • puffbird - brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
    • honey guide - small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
    • jacamar - tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
    • toucan - brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
    belongs to: order piciformes, piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans

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