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==Taxonomy== The Indicatoridae were noted for their barbet-like structure and brood-parasitic behavior and morphologically considered unique among the non-passerines in having nine primaries.<ref>{{cite book |author=Austin, Oliver Luther |title=Birds of the world : a survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families |publisher=Hamlyn |year=1962 |page=186}}</ref> The [[Phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] relationship between the honeyguides and the eight other families that make up the order Piciformes is shown in the cladogram below.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Kuhl | first1=H. | last2=Frankl-Vilches | first2=C. | last3=Bakker | first3=A. | last4=Mayr | first4=G. | last5=Nikolaus | first5=G. | last6=Boerno | first6=S.T. | last7=Klages | first7=S. | last8=Timmermann | first8=B. | last9=Gahr | first9=M. | date=2021 | title=An unbiased molecular approach using 3β²-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life | journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution | volume=38 | issue=1 | pages=108-127 | doi=10.1093/molbev/msaa191 | doi-access=free | hdl=21.11116/0000-0007-B72A-C | hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Stiller | first1=J. | display-authors=etal | year=2024 | title=Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes | journal=Nature | volume=629 | issue= | pages=851-860 | doi=10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1 | doi-access=free | pmc=11111414 }}</ref> The number of species in each family is taken from the list maintained by [[Frank Gill (ornithologist)|Frank Gill]], [[Pamela C. Rasmussen]] and David Donsker on behalf of the [[International Ornithological Committee]] (IOC).<ref>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela C. Rasmussen | date=December 2023 | title=IOC World Bird List Version 14.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=17 June 2024 }}</ref> {{Clade| style=font-size:100%;line-height:100% |label1=[[Piciformes]] |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=[[Galbulidae]] β jacamars (18 species) |2=[[Bucconidae]] β puffbirds (38 species) }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1='''Indicatoridae''' β honeyguides (16 species) |2=[[Picidae]] β woodpeckers (240 species) }} |2={{clade |1=[[Megalaimidae]] β Asian barbets (35 species) |2={{clade |1=[[Lybiidae]] β African barbets (42 species) |2={{clade |1=[[Capitonidae]] β New World barbets (15 species) |2={{clade |1=[[Semnornithidae]] β toucan barbets (2 species) |2=[[Ramphastidae]] β toucans (43 species) }} }} }} }} }} }} }}
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