The Key to Scientific Names
- torquilla
Med. L. torquilla name given to the Eurasian Wryneck by Gaza 1476, because of its strange, serpentine head movements < dim. L. torquere to twist; "53. JYNX. ... Torquilla. 1. JYNX. Cuculus subgriseus maculatus, rectricibus nigris fasciis undulatis. Fn. svec. 78. t. 1. f. 78. Jynx s. Torquilla. Bell. av. 76. a. Gesn. av. 573. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 42. Jonst. av. . . t. 42. Will. orn. 95. t. 22. Raj. av. 44. Rudb. lapp. 66. t. 66. Alb. av. I. p. 11. t. 21. Frisch. av. . . t. 38. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Jynx).
- Torquilla
(Picidae; syn. Jynx † Eurasian Wryneck J. torquilla) Med. L. torquilla wryneck; "Rostro recto: Lingua longissima & lumbriciformi. . .Rostro acuto: rectricibus flexibilibus. . . . Torquilla. Genus 46. ... Genus Torquillæ Le Genre du Torcol. ... LE TORCOL. ... TORQUILLA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Torquilla", "Iynx", and "Verticilla" of earlier authors, and "Jynx torquilla" Linnaeus, 1748; "Torquilla Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, I, p. 42: IV, p. 3. Type, by Linnaean tautonymy, "Torcol" Brisson = Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2023).
