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| | Wryneck, Birds, Wryneck, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia |
 | | Date : 10/15/2005 Time : 6:13:30 AM The wryneck, found throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, is a bird classified either as a family, Jyngidae, or as a subfamily, Jynginae, in the woodpecker family, Picidae. |
 | | In both courtship and defense, wrynecks spread their long tails, erect their neck and head feathers, and jerk their heads either back and forth or side to side, hissing the entire time. |
 | | As a result of hunting and pesticides, the wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is uncommon in Europe; the African wryneck, J. ruficollis, is found south of the Sahara. |
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