Rufous-necked Wryneck

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Taxobox
name = Rufous-necked Wryneck
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Piciformes
familia = Picidae
subfamilia = Jynginae
genus = "Jynx"
species = "J. ruficollis"
binomial = "Jynx ruficollis"
binomial_authority = Wagler, 1830

The Rufous-necked Wryneck, "Jynx ruficollis", is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family.

This species is resident in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the non-migratory counterpart of the Eurasian Eurasian Wryneck. This is a savannah bird, which requires trees with old woodpecker or barbet holes for nesting.

It has cryptic plumage, with intricate patterning of greys and browns. The voice is a nasal woodpecker-like call.


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