Rufous-necked Wryneck
In the woodpecker family
Picidae...spotty distribution
in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Picidae...spotty distribution
in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Jynx ruficollis
(L 7-7.5")
Masai Mara
24Oct2014
The name Wryneck has been given
to it from the awkward contortions
of its head and neck .
to it from the awkward contortions
of its head and neck .
(James Jennings, 1828)
© Andrew
Spencer
Spencer
Macaulay
Library
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Jynx is Greek for for this bird,
which figured in ancient
superstition; ruficollis in Latin
means red-necked.
which figured in ancient
superstition; ruficollis in Latin
means red-necked.
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