Red-throated Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis - Torcol à gorge rousse

Systematics

Order
:
Piciformes
Family
:
Picidés
Genus
:
Jynx
Species
:
ruficollis

Descriptor

Wagler, 1830

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 46 à 59 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-throated Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Jynx ruficollis ruficollis (Gabon and Angola to s Sudan, e Uganda and e South Africa)
Jynx ruficollis pulchricollis (Cameroon to s Sudan and nw Uganda)
Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis (Ethiopia)

Foreign names

Torcol à gorge rousse,
Torcecuello africano,
torcicolo-de-garganta-castanha,
Rostkehl-Wendehals,
vörhenyestorkú nyaktekercs,
Afrikaanse Draaihals,
Torcicollo collorossiccio,
rödbröstad göktyta,
Rustvendehals,
krutohlav africký,
krutihlav rezavokrký,
Rødstrubet Vendehals,
afrikankäenpiika,
Draaihals,
colltort gola-roig,
krętogłów afrykański,
Красногорлая вертишейка,
ムネアカアリスイ,
红胸蚁䴕,
rödbröstad göktyta,
褐頸蟻鴷,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas