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English Eurasian Wryneck Scientific (Jynx torquilla) Order PICIFORMES Family (Latin) Picidae Family (English) Woodpeckers Other name(s) European Wryneck, Torcol, Wryneck Regions PAL Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range AF, OR Countries (BETA) map Sweden,Nepal,Somalia,Czech Republic,Ethiopia,Equatorial Guinea,Portugal,Nigeria,Japan,Latvia,Turkey,Tunisia,Morocco,Bangladesh,Mali,Croatia,United Kingdom,Slovenia,Israel,India - mainland,Malta,Algeria,Serbia,Laos,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Lebanon,Iraq,Thailand,Belarus,Netherlands,Vietnam,Niger,Ukraine,Romania,Cameroon,Greece,Germany,San Marino,Belgium,Burkina Faso,Monaco,Palestine,Uzbekistan,France,United Arab Emirates,Malaysia,Libya,North Korea,Syria,Benin,Mongolia,Hungary,Zambia,Liechtenstein,Pakistan,Hong Kong,China,Sierra Leone,Gibraltar,Western Sahara,Estonia,Eritrea,Ivory Coast,Armenia,Saudi Arabia,Guinea-Bissau,Oman,Turkmenistan,Qatar,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Ghana,Djibouti,Slovakia,Tajikistan,South Korea,Poland,Togo,Moldova,Spain,Kenya,Egypt,Macedonia,Switzerland,Lithuania,Norway,Cyprus,Luxembourg,Iran,Mauritania,Kyrgyzstan,Russia,Finland,Chad,Austria,Kazakhstan,Jordan,Uganda,Italy,Bhutan,Yemen,Gambia,Liberia,Myanmar,Bahrain,Kuwait,Georgia,Sudan,Afghanistan,Denmark,Senegal,Andorra,Albania,Central African Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,South Sudan,Montenegro, Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range torquilla w Europe to Bulgaria and the Caucasus sarudnyi w Siberia chinensis e Siberia and ne, c China himalayana n Pakistan and nw Himalayas tschusii s Europe mauretanica nw Africa
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by Linnaeus, 1758 Sound File(s) link return with BackGerman Wendehals French Torcol fourmilier Chinese 蚁䴕 Japanese アリスイ Russian Вертишейка Spanish Torcecuello euroasiático Portuguese torcicolo-eurasiático Bird Data app text
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Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
