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Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocoptes medius

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 4,083, February 3,016, March 4,725, April 7,434, May 10,718, June 11,688, July 12,507, August 10,756, September 7,897, October 5,894, November 3,221, December 2,517.
United States84,456
Alaska84,456
Russia5,293
Germany1,494
Moscow1,439
Baden-Württemberg553
Kursk Oblast533
Ukraine478
France450
Austria427

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderWoodpeckers and Allies · Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers · Picidae
GenusMiddle Spotted Woodpecker and Allies · Dendrocoptes

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