Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
(aka Red-throated Wryneck, Rufous-breasted Wryneck)
Rufous-necked Wryneck, Simbo Resort, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Simbo Resort, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Rufous-necked Wryneck is patchily distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in open woodland and forest edges where it feeds mainly on ants which it gleans from dead branches or on the ground.
Rufous-necked Wryneck, Simbo Resort, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image It nests in the disused hole of a barbet or woodpecker or in a natural crevice or hole in a tree.
Rufous-necked Wryneck, Simbo Resort, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image
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