Picariae
- noun
- Archaic
- Many species now classified under Coraciiformes were formerly placed in the Picariae.
Examples
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The Picariae include various species like kingfishers.
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Modern ornithology has largely replaced the use of Picariae with more precise taxonomic terms.
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The classification of birds once included the Picariae as a major group.
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Many birds in the Picariae grouping are colorful.
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Historically, many birds were categorized as belonging to the Picariae, which included colorful species like kingfishers.
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In older classifications, the Picariae represented a diverse group of birds, now often grouped under Coraciiformes.
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The term Picariae was once commonly used to refer to birds like bee-eaters and kingfishers in ornithological studies.
Synonyms
A former scientific group of birds like kingfishers used in older classifications
A group of colorful birds like kingfishers and bee-eaters
Compounds
- Archaic
A former scientific group of birds like kingfishers used in older classifications
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picariae comes from the Latin root pica, which means 'magpie' and was used in old scientific names for groups of birds. So Picariae was once the name for a group of birds similar to today's Coraciiformes, and thinking of the 'magpie' root helps you remember it referred to certain bird species.
