BIRD FAMILY
Wrynecks

Red-throated Wryneck
Jynx ruficollis

A: Draaihals
Ss: Molalareteleha
Z: unongilobomvu

SIZE
18 cm (S)

HABITAT
Occurs singly or in pairs in various types of woodland and in suburbia, often in wattle trees (Australian Acacia spp.). Creeps about branches like a woodpecker, perches like a passerine or hops about the ground with its tail raised.

SPECIES DESCRIPTION
Common, localised resident. Identified by rust-brown patch on throat and upper breast, and brown-speckled upper parts with blackish broken line from crown to mantle. The call, frequently uttered, is a high-pitched ‘kek-kek-kek-kek’.