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🦉 The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

• Jynx iynx, iyngis (Greek, Lat.) wryneck ; Iynga in ancient Greek. mythology, a beautiful nymph, the daughter of the god of the forest Pan and the nymph Echo, who possessed the magic of a love spell, but for this Hera, the wife of Zeus, turned her into a nondescript wryneck.
• torquilla torquere (lat.) to twist, bend, turn (name - for the snake twisting of the neck and head in a hollow in danger)

This seemingly inconspicuous bird belongs to the woodpecker family, although its behavior is radically different from them. The woodpecker in this bird is identified by a certain similar structure of the muzzle. It does not peck trees, does not hollow out hollows, it is a completely ordinary insectivorous bird.

The color of the feathers is very similar to the color of branches or dry grass, which makes this bird difficult to notice. And her voice is very loud, and is a bit like the voice of a lesser spotted woodpecker.