Red-throated Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Piciformes
Family
Picidae
Genus
Jynx
eBird Code
runwry1

Vocalizations

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis

    highlands of Ethiopia

  • Jynx ruficollis pulchricollis

    southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon to northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and northwestern Uganda

  • Jynx ruficollis ruficollis

    southeastern Gabon eastward 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

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.