Original Research Article I Volume 4 I Issue 4 I 2016

Sighting of Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (Linnaeus, 1758) from Belagavi: North Karnataka, Southern India

N. S. Vannur; N. C. Hiragond

Biolife; 2016, 4(4), pp 693-694.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7350449

Abstract:

Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla is a peculiar, medium sized cryptic grey, buff and brown colored bird with nightjar plumage resembles woodpeckers. It is a winter visitor mainly winters in Eastern Pakistan to Himachal Pradesh, Assam and in south India up to northern part of Maharashtra and Andra Pradesh. Eurasian Wryneck also winters in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It breeds during May-July in Northwest Himalayas, from East Pakistan to Himachal Pradesh at 1500-3300 m (Grimmett et al,. 1998 & 2011; Kazmierczak, 2000; Ali S., 2002; Rasmussen & Anderton, 2012). It is a least concerned bird having larger distribution range from Africa, Europe and in Asian subcontinent (IUCN, 2015; Birdlife, 2015).

Keywords:

Eurasian Wryneck from Belagavi, north Karnataka in southern India.

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Article Dates:

Received: 4 October 2016; Accepted: 27 November 2016; Published: 5 December 2016

How To Cite:

N. S. Vannur, & N. C. Hiragond. (2022). Sighting of Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (Linnaeus, 1758) from Belagavi: North Karnataka, Southern India. Biolife, 4(4), 693–694. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7350449

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