Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Rufous-necked Wryneck (Jynx ruficollis) - HBW 7, p. 421
French: Torcol à gorge rousse
German: Rotkehl-Wendehals
Spanish: Torcecuello Africano
Other common names: Rufous-breasted/Red-breasted Wryneck, Rufous-throated/Red-throated Wryneck, African Wryneck
Taxonomy: Jynx ruficollis Wagler, 1830, Uitenhage, eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with J. torquilla. Cameroon birds formerly separated as race thorbeckei on basis of more completely barred throat, but this feature occurs also in E populations of pulchricollis. Birds from N Angola sometimes separated as race pectoralis, but indistinguishable from nominate; proposed race cosensi (Kenya, Tanzania) now considered synonymous with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aequatorialis Rüppell, 1842 - Ethiopia.
- pulchricollis Hartlaub, 1884 - SE Nigeria and Cameroon to NW Zaire, S Sudan and NW Uganda.
- ruficollis Wagler, 1830 - SE Gabon to SW & E Uganda, SW Kenya and extreme N Tanzania, and S to N & E Angola (S to Cuanza Norte and Malanje, E to Moxico), NW Zambia and E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds counter-singing in the same tree Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp pulchricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 42 sec 4.5 -
feeding on a trunk, presumably on ants Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Martin Kennewell 5 November 2010 2 years ago 42 sec 4.1 -
A bird singing several times Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp ruficollis)
Christian Boix Hinzen 4 July 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a broken branch, looking around Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp ruficollis)
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 7 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird calling and turning around, showing its back Locality Hora Crater Lake, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Ron Hoff 30 November 2007 5 years ago 41 sec 3.9 -
A bird counter-singing with a neighboring bird Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp pulchricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 21 sec 3.8
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Adult perched.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Nik Borrow 19 November 2012 21 weeks ago 4.4 -
Lateral view.
Locality Dola Mena, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Fran Trabalon 14 November 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
a bird on the ground
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis )
Stefan Helming 27 June 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
a bird perched on a branch
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp aequatorialis)
Stefan Helming 11 September 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Adult bird feeding on ants.
Locality Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Duncan Butchart 4 September 2011 1 year ago 3.7 -
In an acacia
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 2 February 2010 2 years ago 3
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Two birds counter-singing in a tree. Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(ssp pulchricollis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 17 weeks ago 3
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