Middle Spotted Woodpecker / Dendrocoptes medius
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picus medius Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.114
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Picidae / Dendrocoptes
Taxonomy Code: miswoo1
Type Locality: Europe == Sweden ex En. Suec.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Dendrocoptes
(Picidae; syn. Dendrocopos † Middle Spotted Woodpecker D. medius) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; κοπτω koptō to strike; "Gen. DENDROCOPTES*) nov. gen. — Mittel-Buntspecht. 198.—1. D. medius Nob. Picus medius Lin. Syst. Nat. I. p. 176. 18. ... *) Die Arten dieser Gattung der Mittel-Buntspechte, deren Namen wir wie den der Gröss-Buntspechte aus δενδρον (Baum) und κοπτω (schlagen) zusammensetzten, unterscheiden sich von denen der beiden vorigen Gruppen ausser durch die verhältnissmässig geringere Grösse leicht durch den relativ schwachen, schmalen, spitzigen Schnabel und die in ihren ganzen Ausdehnung rothe Haube. ... Als exotische Repräsentanten der im Texte aufgeführten europäischen Art gelten uns: 2. D. scindeanus Nob. ... 3. D. syriacus Nob." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Dendrocoptes Cabanis and Heine, 1863, Museum Heineanum, IV (2), p. 41. Type, by subsequent designation (Sundevall, 1866, Conspectum Avium Picinarum, p. 115), Picus medius Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021). Recent work suggests that this genus may be worthy of recognition.
Var. Dendrocopter.
medium / medius
L. medius intermediate, middle.
● ex “Guifette” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 924 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● "54. PICUS. ... medius. 11. P. albo nigroque varius, ano verticeque rubris. Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus apice albo variegatis. Fn. svec. 82. Picus varius minor. Gesn. av. 708. Aldr. orn. l. 42. c. 33. Will. ornith. 92. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Hasselqv. iter. 242. Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Leiopicus).
SUBSPECIES
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (medius)
SCI Name: Dendrocoptes medius medius
medium / medius
L. medius intermediate, middle.
● ex “Guifette” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 924 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● "54. PICUS. ... medius. 11. P. albo nigroque varius, ano verticeque rubris. Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus apice albo variegatis. Fn. svec. 82. Picus varius minor. Gesn. av. 708. Aldr. orn. l. 42. c. 33. Will. ornith. 92. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Hasselqv. iter. 242. Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Leiopicus).
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (caucasicus)
SCI Name: Dendrocoptes medius caucasicus
caucasica / caucasicus
Mod. L. Caucasicus Caucasian < L. Caucasius Caucasian, of the Caucasus Mts. < Caucasus Caucasus Mts. < Gr. Καυκασος Kaukasos Caucasus Mts.
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (anatoliae)
SCI Name: Dendrocoptes medius anatoliae
anatoliae
Gr. ανατολιος anatolios eastern (i.e. Anatolia, Turkey) < ανατολη anatolē east < ανατελλω anatellō to rise, to appear above the horizon.
Middle Spotted Woodpecker (sanctijohannis)
SCI Name: Dendrocoptes medius sanctijohannis
sanctijohannis
Late L. sanctus saint < L. sanctus holy < sancire to consecrate; L. Iohannis John.
● Saint John, Newfoundland; ex “S. John’s Falcon” of Latham 1781, and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Buteo lagopus).
● Lt.-Col. Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John (1837-1891) British Army in India, engineer, political agent (subsp. Leiopicus medius).
● Río San Juan, Chocó, Colombia (syn. Phaethornis yaruqui).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)