Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes medius(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Middle Spotted Woodpecker
The Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Picidae (Woodpeckers) in the order Piciformes.
- Scientific name
- Dendrocoptes medius
- Family
- Picidae (Woodpeckers)
- Order
- Piciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Dendrocoptes medius medius
- Dendrocoptes medius caucasicus
- Dendrocoptes medius anatoliae
- Dendrocoptes medius sanctijohannis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Picus medius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe == Sweden ex En. Suec.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.114
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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