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Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Subject: Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
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Jynx torquilla (Ramsoy) - Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla).JPG
Resolution: 2446x1635 File Size: 2121337 Bytes Date: 2010:08:12 10:46:06 Camera: NIKON D50 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/5.6 Exposure: 10/5000 sec Focal Length: 2000/10 Upload Date: 2017:03:06 13:27:11

Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)


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Norsk bokmål: Vendehals - Jynx torquilla, på Ramsøy ved Mandal.
English: Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, Ramsøy, Norway
Date 12 August 2010, 10:46:06
Author Arnstein Rønning https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Eaglestein
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jynx_torquilla_(Ramsoy).JPG

The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. This species mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. Most populations of Jynx torquilla are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and in southern Asia from Iran to the Indian Subcontinent, but some wrynecks are resident in northwestern Africa. It is a bird of open countryside, woodland and orchards.
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae
Subfamily: Jynginae
Genus: Jynx
Species: Jynx torquilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Scientific Name: Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names: Eurasian Wryneck, Wryneck, European Wryneck, Northern Wryneck
French: Torcol fourmilier German: Wendehals Spanish: Torcecuello euroasiático
Taxonomy: Jynx Torquilla Linnaeus, 1758, Europe = Sweden.

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