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🌍🌏 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)

πŸ“·: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso via Pixabay 
https://pixabay.com/photos/stiff-neck-bird-nature-ornithology-5081649/

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🌍🌏 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) πŸ“·: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/stiff-neck-bird-nature-ornithology-5081649/ POSS

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