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Jynx torquilla |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: woodpeckers |
Order: Piciformes |
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Eurasian Wryneck |
Torcol fourmilier |
Torcecuello Euroasiątico |
Wendehals |
Migration: intercontinental |
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Largely migratory. European and W Asian populations move to W, C & E Africa, E populations to mainly N &
C Indian subcontinent and SE Asia; migrates mainly at night, can cover 600 km in 8 days. Leaves Europe in late
summer, sometimes as early as Jul; some Scandinavian birds wander through Britain; otherwise passage on
broad front through C Europe mid-Aug to end Sept, crossing Alps, and then Iberia or the Balkans, reaching
African winter quarters from late Aug and early Sept; birds from E Europe and W Asia probably move through
Turkey and Arabian Peninsula, with peak in Caucasus mid-Aug, in C Anatolia end Sept or early Oct; present in
E Africa Oct-Apr. Returns N begins Jan-Mar, reaching C European breeding grounds early Apr, Russia and
Mongolia late Apr to early May, and N Europe by mid-may. Some individuals of nominate race winter in
Mediterranean region and in SE Iran; Mediterranean race tschusii and N African mauretanica
migrate short distances, or make only altitudinal movements. In E Asia, migrants pass through Korea in Sept,
and in Apr-May; non-breeders present early Sept to end Apr in N India, Oct-Apr in Myanmar. Stragglers
occasionally to W Alaska. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 2002)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (2002) - www.hbw.com,
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |