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Piciformes / Picidae / Dendrocoptes

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocoptes medius

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (miswoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Genus: Dendrocoptes

Subspecies (4)

Dendrocoptes medius anatoliae

western and southern Türkiye
Dendrocoptes medius caucasicus

northern Türkiye to Caucasus and Transcaucasia; northwestern Iran?
Dendrocoptes medius medius

northwestern Spain to France, Estonia, western Russia, Ukraine, Italy, and Balkans
Dendrocoptes medius sanctijohannis

Zagros Mountains (southwestern Iran)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (miswoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.