Middle Spotted Woodpecker

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q275591
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Summary

Middle Spotted Woodpecker is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,013 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Dendrocoptes[4]
  • Taxon name: Dendrocoptes medius[5]
  • Commons category: Dendrocoptes medius[6]
  • Commons gallery: Dendrocoptes medius[7]
  • Original combination: Picus medius[8]
  • Taxon synonym: Leiopicus medius[9]
  • Short name: D. medius[10]
  • Taxon common name: Middle Spotted Woodpecker[11], Mittelspecht[12], Pic mar[13], Pico mediano[14], Picchio rosso mezzano[15], Middelste Bonte Specht[16], Mellemflagspætte[17], Mellomspett[18], Средний пёстрый дятел[19], Fauskspæta[20], tammitikka[21], picot garser mitjà[22], tamme-kirjurähn[23], ヒメアカゲラ[24]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[25]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 792985[26] and 17896[27]. Middle Spotted Woodpecker's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 367942[28]. Middle Spotted Woodpecker's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8773033[29]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 1145269[30] and 554046[31].

Why It Matters

Middle Spotted Woodpecker has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 1145269, 554046
    Taxon name → Dendrocoptes medius
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'csb'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 554046, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 4w ago · NicoScribe · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon name → Dendrocoptes medius
    Homonymous taxon → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Homonymous taxon: Dendrocoptes medius"
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