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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Jynx [ruficollis x torquilla] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аРқьынцыц
Afrikaans: Noordelike draaihals
Arabic: اللواء, اللواء قليلبة, لَّوَّاء أوراسي
Asturian: Ayayái euroasiáticu, Ayayay
Azerbaijani: Adi burunboyuq, Adi buruqboyun, Adi ilanboyun
Bashkir: борғандаҡ, борғандаҡ турғай, йылан турғай, нәләт турғай, сығырлы муйын, сығырлы турғай
Belarusian: Круцiгалоўка, Круцігалоўка
Bulgarian: Въртошийка
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় ঘাড়ব্যথা, িআিঈময঱ীয় ঘাড়ফযথা
Bengali (transliteration): i'urēśīẏa ghāṛabyathā
Breton: Ar penngamm-Eurazia, Penngamm
Catalan: Blauet, Colltort, Colltort comú, Formiguer
Catalan (Balears): Formiguer
Valencian: Blauet
Montenegrin: zmijoglava, змијоглава
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): змијоглава
Czech: Krutihlav obecný
Chuvash: кăткă кайăкĕ, мăйпăран, пуçпăран
Welsh: Gwas y gog, Gwddfgam, Gwddfro, Pengam
Danish: Vendehals
German: Wendehals
Greek: Θερκοπούλλι , Σταυρολαίμης, Στραβoλαίμης, Στραβολαίμης
Greek (Cypriot): Θερκοπούλλι
Emiliano-romagnolo: Crucalazz d'mer
English: Eurasian Wryneck, European Wryneck, Northern Wryneck, Wryneck
English, HBW: Eurasian Wryneck
English (IOC): Eurasian Wryneck
English (Kenya): Eurasian Wryneck
English (United States): Eurasian Wryneck
Esperanto: Eŭrazia koltordulo, koltordulo
Spanish: Torcecuello, Torcecuello de África Tropical, Torcecuello Euroasiático, Tprcecuello
Spanish (Spain): Torcecuello Euroasiático
Spanish (HBW): Torcecuello euroasiático
Estonian: Väänkael
Basque: Colltort, Lepitzuli, Lepitzulia
Persian: دارکوب قهوه ‌ای, دارکوب قهوه‌ای , دارکوب قهوه‌ای (راه‌راه)
Finnish: Käenpiika
Faroese: Snúðurkriki
French: Torcol fourmilier
Friulian: Cocâl, furmiâr
Frisian: Draainekke
Irish: Cam-Mhuin
Gaelic: Geocair, Geòcair
Galician: Colltort, Peto formigueiro, Picapeixe, Rei-pescador, Virapescozo europeo
Gujarati: કલકલિયો
Manx: Mwannal cam
Hebrew: סב ראש, סב־ראש, סבראש, סב-ראש
Hindi: रामचिरेया
Croatian: Vijoglav, Vijoglav mravar
Hungarian: Nyaktekercs
Armenian: [Vizgtsuk ], Վիզգցուկ
Icelandic: Gauktíta
Italian: Torcicollo, Torcicollo eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): arisui, ari-sui
Japanese: アリスイ
Japanese (Kanji): 蟻吸
Georgian: მაქცია
Kabardian: жыгыуӀущхьэпс
Mongolian, Halh: гоѐтуул
Khakas: Толғас мойын
Kazakh: Балшық құс, Балықшы құс, Балықшыторғай, Дүпілдек, Зымыран, Көктарғақ
Kazakh (Transliteration): dupildek
Korean: 개미잡이
Korean (Transliteration): gaemijabi, gaemi-jabi
Karachay-Balkar: тайгъар
North Karelian: käjenpiika piika, käkitikka
Kashmiri: [Kol Toonch]
Cornish: Pynnyk
Kirghiz: бурма моюн, сойкубаш
Scientific: Jynx torquilla, Jynx torquilla torquilla, Yunx torquilla
Luxembourgish: Dréihälschen
Lithuanian: Eurazinė grąžiagalvė, Graćžiagalvė, Gražiagalve, Grąžiagalvė
Latvian: Grozgalvis, Grozgalvītis, Tītiņš
Macedonian: Вртивратка, Вртиглава
Malayalam: കഴുത്തുപിരിയൻകിളി
Mongolian: Гоётуул, гоѐтуул, Холтсон гоётуул
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠯᠲᠣᠰᠣᠨ ᠭᠣᠶᠣᠲᠥᠭᠣᠯᠠ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠭᠣᠶᠣᠲᠥᠭᠣᠯᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Шургуулжич овууна, Шургуулжич цондуул
Mongolian (Transliteration): goituul, kholtson goituul, shurguuljich ovuun, shurguuljich tsonduul
Moldavian: Capîntortură
Maltese: Bulebbiet
Nepali: खरलाहा“चे
Dutch: Draaihals
Norwegian Nynorsk: Vendehals
Norwegian: Sågauk, Vendehals
Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰੀ ਪੰਛੀ
Polish: Dudek, kretoglów, Krętogłów, krętogłów (zwyczajny), Krętogłów zwyczajny
Pinyin: dì zhuó-mù, dì-zhuó-bì niǎo, dōng-jǐng, dōng-yào, dōng-yàos, shé-pí niǎo, shé-tóu niǎo, shù-pí niǎo, wāi-bó, wāi-bó niǎo, yǐ liè
Portuguese: Torcicolo
Portuguese (Portugal): Torcicolo, torcicolo-eurasiático
Romansh: Volvachau
Rhaeto-Romance: Volvachau
Romanian: Capântortură, Capîntortură
Russian: Vertisheyka, Вертишейка, Вертишейка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная бертишейка, Обыкновенная вертишейка
Sanskrit: मत्स्यरङ्गः
Yakut: абааһы чыычааҕа
Sardinian: Pappaformiga
Scots: Geocair
Northern Sami: Cáihnecizáš, Giegabiigá
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Eurasiya Gelanamiya
Slovak: krutihlav hnedý, Krutihlav obyčajný, krutohlav hnedý, Krutohlav obyčajný
Slovenian: vijeglavka
Albanian: Qafëdredhësi, Qukapiku sqepshkurtër
Serbian: vijoglava, Виjoглава, Вијоглава
Swedish: Göktyta
Swahili: Kiseleagofu wa Ulaya
Thai: นกคอพัน
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰoaa-pʰan
Turkmen: şalkyboýun
Turkish: Boyun Çeviren, Boyunçeviren, Дүпілдек
Tuvinian: Чыландык
Udmurt: кизѐнваись, кизѐнворттӥсь, коскась, коскась папа, кый тылобурдо, кыйсизь, кыйтылобурдо, тулыс коскась, тулыскоскась
Ukrainian: Крутиголовка, Крутиголовка звичайна
Uzbek: бурма бўйин, бурмабўйин
Venetian: Oselo de la Madona, Pionbin
Vietnamese: Chim Vẹo cổ, Vẹo cổ
Kalmyk: хагдыг, хагдьг
Chinese: [di zhuo-mu], [yi lie], 地啄必鸟, 地啄木, 树皮鸟, 歪脖, 歪脖鸟, 蚁䴕, 蚁 鴷, 蚁, 蚁鴷, 蛇头鸟, 蛇皮鸟, 蟻鴷, 鸫颈, 鸫鹞
Chinese (Traditional): 地啄必鳥, 地啄木, 地啄木〔蟻鴷〕, 樹皮鳥, 歪脖, 歪脖鳥, 蛇皮鳥, 蛇頭鳥, 蟻鴷, 鶇頸, 鶇鷂
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 地啄木
Chinese (Taiwan): [di zhuo-mu], 地啄木