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Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758 Family: woodpeckers Order: Piciformes print version
Eurasian Wryneck Torcol fourmilier Torcecuello Euroasiątico Wendehals
Migration: intercontinental

Verbreitungskarte von Jynx torquilla 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)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)