Wryneck
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Wryneck
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
common name for a primitive, unspecialized bird of the genus Jynx. The name is said to derive from their habit of twisting their necks when disturbed.
Wrynecks and woodpeckers
There are many species of woodpeckers, but only two wrynecks, worldwide, but only three woodpeckers and one wryneck (a rare migrant) in the UK.
Wryneck
The wryneck, found throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, is a bird classified either as a family, Jyngidae, or as a subfamily, Jynginae, in the woodpecker family, Picidae ...
Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla - Picidae - Birds of India - Indian Avifauna - Birders
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Eurasian Wryneck
An unusual member of the woodpecker family, the intricately marked grey, brown, buff and black plumage of the Eurasian Wryneck looks remarkably like tree bark and gives the bird excellent camouflage.
Wrynecks:
Eurasian Wryneck aka Northern Wryneck (Jynx torquilla): Mangoverde ... Kolkatabirds
Yellowlegs ...
Wryneck, Eurasian Jynx torquilla Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Photographed by: Nikolay Titov ...
Some, such as the wryneck, ceased to breed in East Anglia; others, notably the stonechat, all but vanished.
The woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions.
Features: Some woodpeckers and wrynecks in the order Piciformes have zygodactyl feet,
with two toes pointing forward, and two backward. These feet, though adapted for clinging to
a vertical surface, can be used for grasping
or perching.
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Chilean flicker (Colaptes pitius)
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris)
Arabian woodpecker (Dendrocopos dorae)
Fernandina's flicker (Colaptes fernandinae) ...
Barbets, Honeyguides, Piculets, Woodpeckers and Wrynecks
Galbuliformes
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 See also: Woodpecker, Perch, Sparrow, Piculet, Purple
  
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