adult

adult European distribution adult feeding in tree

Identification

The stout grey bill suggests a big warbler but none of the warblers have this cryptic grey and brown plumage. A bigger problem is actually seeing a Wryneck for they frequently freeze and pretend, successfully, to be a branch.

Habitat

Breeds in woodland, parkland and orchards. Regular on passage in coastal scrub.

Behaviour

The Wryneck gets its name from the way it is able to twist its neck so that the head is pointing in the opposite direction to the body.

Migration

Northern and eastern populations migrate to tropical Africa but southern European populations are resident.

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For the purposes of our bird news services, Wryneck is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

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Wryneck breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country):

Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Britain
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine

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