🌍🌏 Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) The Eurasian Wryneck or Northern Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a small, cryptically patterned member of the woodpecker family, Piciformes. Primarily brown and grey for camouflage, it has a distinctive "wryneck" display where it twists its head and neck in snake-like fashion when threatened. Found across Eurasia, it's a migratory species, breeding in temperate zones and wintering in Africa and southern Asia. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Six subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/stiff-neck-bird-nature-ornithology-5081649/ POSS
New addition! 🌍🌏 Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EurasianWryneck #NorthernWryneck #JynxTorquilla | #Wrynecks #WoodpeckerFamily #Piciformes 📷: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds
