red crown in both sexes; large white spots on wings (Poland; 2012-05-28)
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Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopus medius
Native Range:
Eurasia
Notes:
a mid-sized among several related and similar-in-appearance woodpecker species, some others being the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Syrian Woodpecker, and the Lesser Spotted Wodpecker; the young in the nest remain quiet, lest they get preyed upon by the highly predatory Great Spotted Woodpecker.
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