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 Tsavo West National Park
Nubian Woodpecker
Campethera nubica
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Eastern Grey Woodpecker
Dendropicos spodocephalus
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Olive Woodpecker
Dendropicos griseocephalus
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Trachyphonus darnaudii
Black-throated Barbet
Tricholaema melanocephala
Red-and-yellow Barbet
Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
Spot-flanked Barbet
Tricholaema lacrymosa
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
Brown-Breasted Barbet
Lybius melanopterus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Eurasian Wryneck at Tsavo West 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