#0709 · 🐦 birds
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Middelste Bonte Specht ·Dendrocoptes medius
📍 Beetsterzwaag, Nederland
📍 Tilburg, NL-NB, NL
📍 Locatie: 52,463289, 6,080508
📍 Mesdagstraat, Son en Breugel, Brabant, NL
📍 Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
📍 Hattem, Netherlands
📍 Tilburg West, Tilburg, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Joan Roca · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Margrit · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. Beetsterzwaag, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Tilburg, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Locatie: 52,463289, 6,080508:© Daniël Pos · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Mesdagstraat, Son en Breugel, Brabant, NL:© imarije · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Bergen op Zoom, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 9. Hattem, Netherlands:© Andre · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Tilburg West, Tilburg, Netherlands:© Andre · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The middle spotted woodpecker ( Dendrocoptes medius ) is a European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocoptes .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 140 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 14,762 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Nederlands
- Middelste Bonte Specht
- scientific name
- Dendrocoptes medius
- class
- Aves
- order
- Piciformes
- family
- Picidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 140
- sightings in Europe
- 13,714
- sightings worldwide
- 14,762
- GBIF records in NL
- 75,924
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Picidae
#0559 📷 9Great Spotted Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Grote bonte specht
Dendrocopos major
LC 👀 2.3k in NL
#0633 📷 10Eurasian Green Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Groene specht
Picus viridis
LC 👀 422 in NL
#0700 📷 9Black Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Zwarte Specht
Dryocopus martius
LC 👀 158 in NL
#0721 📷 8Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Kleine bonte specht
Dryobates minor
LC 👀 103 in NL
#0781 📷 9Eurasian Wryneck
🇳🇱 Draaihals
Jynx torquilla
LC 👀 34 in NL
#1257 📷 10Downy Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Donsspecht
Dryobates pubescens
LC 🌍 216.6k seen
#1261 📷 9Northern Flicker
🇳🇱 Gouden Grondspecht
Colaptes auratus
LC 🌍 172.5k seen
#1266 📷 10Red-bellied Woodpecker
🇳🇱 Roodbuikspecht
Melanerpes carolinus
LC 🌍 146k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 792985, Wikidata Q275591, GBIF 8773033, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.