Spechts are pairt o the faimily Picidae, a group o near-passerine birds.

Specht
Temporal range: Late Oligocene tae present
Pileated woodpecker

Aboot this soondTappin soond o a specht 

Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Infraorder: Picides
Faimily: Picidae
Leach, 1820
Subfaimilies

Jynginae – wrynecks
Nesoctitinae – Antillean piculet
Picinae – true spechts, includin sapsuckers
Picumninae – teepical piculets