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Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocoptes medius
Family
Woodpeckers
Order
Piciformes
Codes
miswoo1, MSWO
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPiciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers (Picidae)
SpeciesDendrocoptes medius
Codesmiswoo1, MSWO
Identification

The Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a member of the Woodpeckers family within the order Piciformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code miswoo1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Middle Spotted Woodpecker photo
(c) Joan Roca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Dendrocoptes medius

Family: Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes

eBird Code: miswoo1