English: Eurasian Wryneck, Wryneck
Russian: Вертишейка
Mongolian: Холтсон гоётуул, Гоётуул
German: Wendehals
French: Torquoi fourmilier  
Japanese:  アリスイ(Arisui)

Body length: 16-17 cm
Wing span: 25-27 cm

Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August 

Egg number: 5-10
Egg colour: Non glossy white.
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Ants and ant-pupae.

Habitat: Nests in tree-holes and stumps of deciduous, coniferous and mixed in forests in mountain taiga forest, forest steppe, and river valleys and patched wood lands in plains and in valleys. During spring and autumn migration, they occur in dry steppe with scattered trees, bushes, and planted trees.