";s:4:"text";s:3073:"Explore Jarek S. "Jerry"'s photos on Flickr. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) Appearance: Only woodpecker in the region with large, white shoulder patches and missing moustache stripe. I came across this nest by accident after hearing the birds calling. British Birds - Nocturnal Voices - … Middle Spotted Woodpecker 20-22 cm; 50-85 g. Male has buffish-white forehead, crimson-red crown and nape (feathers long, narrow), narrow black hindneck; rest of head and neck white, ear
Both sexes are similar, with a red crown (brighter in the male) and an incomplete cheek bar.
The middle spotted woodpecker is 20–22 cm long and has plumage similar to the great spotted woodpecker.As with that species the upperparts are predominantly black with white oval wing patches and white barring on the wings, and the underparts are white.
HBW Alive contains information on Descriptive notes , Voice , Habitat , Food and Feeding , Breeding , Movements , Status and Conservation plus a list of bibliographical references for this species account. The main differences are a red crown, lack of a black moustachial stripe, a pink vent, and dark streaks on the flanks. Though middle spotted woodpeckers are just across the Channel in northern France, because they are not migratory, they have never made it to this country. Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over &1 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information for 20,000 regions, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) bird calls and sounds on dibird.com.
Sign in to see your badges. It prefers deciduous forest regions, especially areas with old oak, hornbeam and elm, and a patchwork of …
To maintain viable populations of this habitat specialist, specific measures in terms of habitat management are needed. Jarek S. "Jerry" has uploaded 694 photos to Flickr. Head leaves a pale and gentle impression, since no moustache reaches the bill, and the red crown is not framed in black. Identification. Due to its sedentary nature it has never been recorded in Great Britain.
Middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) perchedRef: MSW 1 Location: Hortobagy, Hungary Hortobagy, Hungary It was filmed by Sigrid Kistrup Ilsøe.
As with that species the upperparts are predominantly black with white oval wing patches and white barring on the wings, and the underparts are white. The middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) is a European woodpecker belonging to the genus Dendrocoptes.. Marginally smaller than Great Spotted Woodpecker, but rounded head and shortish beak exaggerate this size difference. Andrus Kannel 236 views. Breeding in Eurasia: w, sw; can be seen in 43 countries. Jarek S. "Jerry" has uploaded 694 photos to Flickr.