Species
- Pararge aegeria, the Speckled Wood butterfly
- Pararge xiphia, the Madeiran Speckled Wood butterfly
- Pararge xiphioides, the Canary Speckled Wood
- Speckled Wood Pigeon, Columba hodgsonii
- Clintonia umbellulata, common names Speckled Wood Lily, White Clintonia, and Clinton's Lilly
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