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WoodlandCavity nestSmall · 35 g
What the Eurasian Wryneck sounds like
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The Eurasian wryneck is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) in length. The nominate subspecies weighs 23 to 52 g (0.81 to 1.83 oz), and subspecies Jynx torquilla tschusii weighs 26 to 50 g (0.92 to 1.76 oz). It is a slim, elongated-looking bird with a body shape more like a thrush than a woodpecker. The upperparts are barred and mottled in shades of pale brown with rufous and blackish bars and wider black streaks. The rump and upper tail coverts are grey with speckles and irregular bands of brown.
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When to see the Eurasian Wryneck
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Eurasian Wryneck
The map shades 107 countries with regular records, and 6 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Andorra, Iceland, Liberia, Niger, Sudan.
About the Eurasian Wryneck
The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. It mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. Most populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and in southern Asia from Iran to the Indian subcontinent, but some are resident in northwestern Africa. It is a bird of open countryside, woodland and orchards.
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Easily confused with
Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollisThe red-throated wryneck grows to about 19 cm (7.5 in) in length.
Side by side: Eurasian Wryneck vs Red-throated Wryneck
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