Red-throated Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis - Torcol à gorge rousse
Systematics
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Order:
Piciformes
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Family:
Picidés
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Genus:
Jynx
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Species:
ruficollis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 19 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 46 à 59 g
Geographic range
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,
- 褐頸蟻鴷,
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
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- African Bird Club,
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Woodpeckers, an identification guide of the woodpeckers of the world, Winkler Hans, Christie David
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
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