The order includes puffbirds, jacamars, barbets, honey-guides and toucans. There are 6 families of birds in the Piciformes order. The jacamars live in the tropical forests of America.
Barbets live in the tropical forests of both eastern and western hemispheres.
Toucans are found in Central and South America. The honey guides are found in Africa, south Asia and Malaysia. Woodpeckers are found world wide, but only in certain areas. They don't occur is north and south polar regions beyond the tree line, nor are they found in New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia and most of Oceana. There are about 200 species of woodpecker, ranging from the tiny tropical piculets to the big imperial woodpecker.