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Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck 
(Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla)

Eurasian wryneck, or northern wryneck (Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family, yet it does not peck wood. This species mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.

Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker.
Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
torquilla: Latin torquere to twist.

The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. 
Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.

1/ Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla)