Red-throated wryneck
The red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. It is also known as the rufous-necked wryneck, red-breasted wryneck, African wryneck, or rufous-throated wryneck.[2]
| Red-throated wryneck | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Family: | Picidae |
| Genus: | Jynx |
| Species: | J. ruficollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830 | |
This species is resident in sub-Saharan Africa, grasslands, and is the nonmigratory counterpart of the Eurasian wryneck. The bird can be seen in the savannah, secondary woodlands and woodland edges.[2] They 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.
The red-throated wryneck has three subspecies:
- Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis (Ruppell, 1842), seen in Ethiopia
- Jynx ruficollis pulchricollis (Hartlaub, 1884), seen in Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Sudan and northwestern Uganda
- Jynx ruficollis ruficollis (Wagler, 1830), seen in southeastern Gabon, southwest to eastern Uganda, southern Sudan, southwestern Kenya, northern Tanzania, northern Angola, northwestern Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini and eastern South Africa.[2][3]
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Jynx ruficollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680689A92872725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680689A92872725.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Gorman, Gerard (2014). Woodpeckers of the World. Firefly Books Ltd. pp. 38–39.
- "ITIS - Report: Jynx ruficollis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
External links
- Red-throated wryneck - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- Rufous-necked wryneck at The Internet Bird Collection.
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