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Rufous-necked Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis Wagler, JG 1830

The red-throated wryneck is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family. It is also known as the rufous-necked wryneck, red-breasted wryneck, African wryneck, or rufous-throated wryneck. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Piciformes
Family:
  Picidae
Genus:
   Jynx
Scientific:
  Jynx ruficollis

Original description

Citation:
  Wagler, JG 1830

Reference:
   Nat. Syst. Amphibien

Protonym:
  Jynx ruficollis

Type locality:
  Kaffirland =z Uitenhage, eastern Cape Province.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48675921

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  93EC5E124D3196A1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-93EC5E12

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/93EC5E12

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 553947

Geographic range:

  • Jynx ruficollis ruficollis: southeastern Gabon east to Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania, south locally to northern and eastern Angola, northwestern Zambia and adjacent southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Mozambique, and eastern South Africa
  • Jynx ruficollis [pulchricollis or thorbeckei]: southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon to northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and northwestern Uganda
  • Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis: Highlands of Ethiopia
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Catalan:
Colltort gola-roig
Czech:
krutihlav rezavokrký
Danish:
Rødstrubet Vendehals
German:
Rostkehl-Wendehals
Spanish:
Torcecuello Africano
Spanish (Spain):
Torcecuello Africano
Finnish:
afrikankäenpiika
French:
Torcol à gorge rousse
Croatian:
afrički vijoglav
Hungarian:
vörhenyestorkú nyaktekercs
Icelandic:
Fausktíta
Italian:
Torcicollo collorossiccio
Japanese (romaji):
muneakaarisui
Japanese:
ムネアカアリスイ
Lithuanian:
Rudagurklė grąžiagalvė
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Draaihals
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Rustvendehals
Norwegian:
Rustvendehals
Polish:
krętogłów afrykański
Portuguese:
Torcicolo-de-garganta-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal):
torcicolo-de-garganta-vermelha
Russian:
Красногорлая вертишейка
Slovak:
krutohlav africký
Serbian:
Riđogrla vijoglava
Swedish:
rödbröstad göktyta
Ukrainian:
Крутиголовка африканська
Chinese:
红胸蚁䴕
Chinese (Traditional):
褐頸蟻鴷

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Torcol à gorge rousse ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Torcol à gorge rousse ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Red-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Rufous-breasted Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Jynx ruficollis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Jynx ruficollis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Jynx ruficollis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Rufous-necked Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Red-throated Wryneck ( Jynx ruficollis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Jynx ruficollis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Jynx ruficollis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Draaihals
Azerbaijani: qırmızıboğaz buruqboyun
Bulgarian: Червеногуша въртошийка
Catalan: Colltort gola-roig
Czech: Krutihlav cervenokrký, krutihlav rezavokrký
Danish: Rødstrubet Vendehals
German: Braunkehl-Wendehals, Rostkehl-Wendehals, Rotbrust-Wendehals, Rotkehl-Wendehals
English: African Wryneck, Red-breasted Wryneck, Red-necked Wryneck, Redthroated Wryneck, Red-throated Wryneck, Rufous necked Wryneck, Rufous-breasted Wryneck, Rufous-necked Wryneck, Rufous-throated Wryneck
English, HBW: Rufous-necked Wryneck
English (IOC): Red-throated Wryneck
English (Kenya): Red-throated Wryneck
English (United States): Rufous-necked Wryneck
Esperanto: Ruĝbrusta koltordulo, Ruĝgorĝa koltordulo
Spanish: Torcecuello Africano, Torcecuello de Eurasia
Spanish (Spain): Torcecuello Africano
Spanish (HBW): Rufous-necked Wryneck
Estonian: punapugu-väänkael
Finnish: Afrikankäenpiika
French: Torcol à cou roux, Torcol à gorge rousse
Croatian: afrički vijoglav
Hungarian: vörhenyestorkú nyaktekercs
Icelandic: Fausktíta
Italian: Torcicollo africano, Torcicollo collorossiccio
Japanese (romaji): muneakaarisui
Japanese: ムネアカアリスイ
Kazakh: қызылжемсаулы дүпілдек
Kirghiz: кызыл тамак сойкубаш
Scientific: Jynx ruficollis, Jynx ruficollis ruficollis
Lithuanian: Rudagurklė grąžiagalvė
Dutch: Afrikaanse Draaihals
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rustvendehals
Norwegian: Rustvendehals
Polish: kretoglów afrykanski, krętogłów afrykański
Portuguese: Torcicolo-de-garganta-castanha
Portuguese (Portugal): torcicolo-de-garganta-vermelha
Russian: Красногорлая вертишейка
Slovak: Krutihlav hnedohrdlý, krutohlav africký
Serbian: Riđogrla vijoglava
Sotho, Southern: Kolutsoku
Swedish: Rödbröstad göktyta
Swahili: Kiseleagofu Koo-jekundu
Turkish: Kızıl boyunlu boyunçeviren
Ukrainian: Крутиголовка африканська
Chinese: 红胸蚁䴕, 红胸蚁鴷
Chinese (Traditional): 褐頸蟻鴷

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