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Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquilla

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 15,497, February 11,446, March 17,933, April 28,213, May 40,679, June 44,357, July 47,465, August 40,820, September 29,969, October 22,370, November 12,224, December 9,554.
United States320,528
Alaska320,527
Russia3,894
Spain347
Germany322
Sverdlovsk Oblast310
Italy283
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast240
India233
Novosibirsk Oblast217

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderWoodpeckers and Allies · Piciformes
FamilyWoodpeckers · Picidae
GenusWrynecks · Jynx

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