Pici is one of the two suborders of the order Piciformes. It includes two infraorders, Ramphastides and Picides. Members of this suborder have been called "true piciforms", as the jacamars of Galbulid

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives. The Piciformes contain about 71 livi