Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (6)
Hans Winkler, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Qafëdredhësi |
| Arabic | لَّوَّاء أوراسي |
| Armenian | Վիզգցուկ |
| Asturian | Ayayái euroasiáticu |
| Azerbaijani | Adi buruqboyun |
| Basque | Lepitzulia |
| Bulgarian | Въртошийка |
| Catalan | Colltort comú |
| Chinese | 地啄木 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 蚁䴕 |
| Croatian | vijoglav |
| Czech | krutihlav obecný |
| Danish | Vendehals |
| Dutch | Draaihals |
| English | Eurasian Wryneck |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Wryneck |
| Faroese | Snúðurkriki |
| Finnish | käenpiika |
| French | Torcol fourmilier |
| French (French Guiana) | Torcol fourmilier |
| Galician | Peto formigueiro |
| German | Wendehals |
| Greek | Στραβολαίμης |
| Hebrew | סבראש |
| Hungarian | Nyaktekercs |
| Icelandic | Gauktíta |
| Italian | Torcicollo |
| Japanese | アリスイ |
| Korean | 개미잡이 |
| Latvian | Tītiņš |
| Lithuanian | Grąžiagalvė |
| Malayalam | കഴുത്തുപിരിയൻകിളി |
| Mongolian | Холтсон гоётуул |
| Norwegian | vendehals |
| Persian | دارکوب قهوه ای |
| Polish | krętogłów |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Torcicolo |
| Romanian | Capîntortură |
| Russian | Вертишейка |
| Serbian | Vijoglava |
| Slovak | krutohlav hnedý |
| Slovenian | Vijeglavka |
| Spanish | Torcecuello Euroasiático |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torcecuello euroasiático |
| Swedish | göktyta |
| Thai | นกคอพัน |
| Turkish | Boyunçeviren |
| Ukrainian | Крутиголовка звичайна |
Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Jynx Torquilla
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.112.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe := Sweden ex Fn. Sv.
Definitions
- JYNX
- jynx
- torquilla
- Torquilla
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Eurasian Wryneck