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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)

Despite its appearance, this bird is a woodpecker. Yes, it does not peck at the bark of trees to search for insects underneath, does not hollow out hollows, and is not able to hold on using its tail as a support.

However, there are some features that indicate that she is a woodpecker. Her voice is similar to the voice of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, only higher and more penetrating. And just like all woodpeckers, she has a very long tongue, almost half the length of her body! All in order to deftly get ants and larvae.