Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusJynx (Wrynecks)
- SpeciesJynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck)
The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) 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. Eurasian wrynecks measure about 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) in length and have bills shorter and less dagger-like than those of other woodpeckers. Their upperparts are barred and mottled in shades of pale brown with rufous and blackish bars and wider black streaks. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Mombasa Woodpecker
Campethera mombassica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Little Green Woodpecker
Campethera maculosa
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Green Barbet
Stactolaema olivacea
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Green Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus simplex
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Eurasian Wryneck at Tsavo East National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there