Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPiciformes (Woodpeckers and Allies)
- FamilyPicidae (Woodpeckers)
- GenusJynx (Wrynecks)
- SpeciesJynx torquilla (Eurasian Wryneck)
Closest Relatives at Tatra National Park
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes medius
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor
Grey-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Eurasian Wryneck at Tatra National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there