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| Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (P. tridactylus), adult male and the three-toed foot which lacks the first digit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Tribe: | Melanerpini |
| Genus: | Picoides Lacépède, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| Picus tridactylus[1] Linnaeus, 1758
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Picoides is a genus of woodpeckers (family Picidae) that are native to Eurasia and North America, commonly known as three-toed woodpeckers.