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title: "Dendrocopos medius"
description: "Dendrocoptes medius — Aves. The middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a mainly European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocoptes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/middle-spotted-woodpecker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dendrocopos medius

> Dendrocoptes medius — Aves. The middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a mainly European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocoptes.

- Scientific name: *Dendrocoptes medius*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 14441
- Wikidata: [Q275591](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275591)
- iNaturalist taxon: [792985](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/792985)

## Names

- en: Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- de: Mittelspecht
- es: Pico mediano
- fr: Pic mar
- it: Dendrocopos medius
- nl: Middelste bonte specht
- pt: Dendrocopos medius
- pl: Dzięcioł średni

## Countries with the most observations

RU (6349), DE (2120), FR (871), UA (596), AT (554), PL (483), CZ (428), LT (224), RO (214), HU (194), BY (159), NL (137)

## Summary

The middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a mainly European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocoptes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_spotted_woodpecker

## Photo

![Dendrocopos medius](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/middle-spotted-woodpecker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Анна Анисимова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105653131

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/middle-spotted-woodpecker?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).