Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
Woodpeckers
(Picidae)
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Brown-grey marked woodpecker, the back is grey-brown marked, the belly is lighter in colour and the pattern can vary. Has a long flexible neck and strong long toes. Its camouflage feather colours make it very hard to spot when it is on a tree. Here it hooks onto bark looking for larvae and ant eggs. ⇔ l. 16-17 cm In danger, it can stretch and retract its neck imitating a snake. The only migrating European woodpecker wintering in tropical Africa. LA: ≈ The CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS (Nightjar) is equally well camouflaged but has a shorter wider beak and longer wings.
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