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Northern/Southern Nutcracker
Nucifraga [caryocatactes or hemispila] (= Nucifraga caryocatactes) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcracker, is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay. It has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are virtually black with a greenish-blue gloss. It is one of three species of nutcracker. The Kashmir nutcracker, was formerly considered a subspecies of the spotted. The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker, occurs in western North America. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Nucifraga
Scientific:
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Corvidae
Genus:
Nucifraga
Scientific:
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.106
Protonym:
Corvus Caryocatactes
Type locality:
'Europa;' restricted to Sweden by Hartert (1903, Vögel Pal. Fauna, 1, p. 25).
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/124/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
76C74B102E7F401F
Avibase ID:
avibase-76C74B10
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/76C74B10
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561630
Geographic range:
- Nucifraga caryocatactes: lowland to montane coniferous forest, taiga, and alpine meadow to tree-line, from southern Scandinavia eastward to eastern Siberia, and southward to European Alps, Caucusus, Korean Peninsula, and Japan; irruptive dispersal during irregular cone-crop failures
- Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes: Scandinavia to northern and eastern Europe; winters to southern Russia
- Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos: northern and northeastern Asia; irruptions to northern Iran, Korea, and northern China
- Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica: central and southern Kuril Islands, Hokkaido, and Honshu
- Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi: Tien Shan Mountains (Kazakhstan)
- Nucifraga hemispila: disjunctly in montane rhododendron and coniferous forest, and alpine meadow to tree-line, from Himachal Pradesh (northwestern India) eastward to northeastern China, and southward to northern Myanmar and south-central China, and on Taiwan; irregular irruptive dispersal
- Nucifraga hemispila hemispila: Himalayas from western Himachal Pradesh (Chambal) eastward, south of the Pir Panjal, to Nepal and northern India (Darjeeling)
- Nucifraga hemispila owstoni: Taiwan
- Nucifraga hemispila interdicta: mountains of northern China (Liaoning)
- Nucifraga hemispila macella (macella): eastern Himalayas to southern Tibet, western Nepal, northern Myanmar, and southwestern China
- Nucifraga hemispila macella (yunnanensis): southwestern China (Yunnan)
- Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
Northern or Southern Nutcracker
Bulgarian:
Сокерица / Хималайска сокерица
Catalan:
trencanous eurasiàtic/fosc
Czech:
ořešník kropenatý/východoasijský
Danish:
Nøddekrige/Himalaya Nøddekrige
German:
Tannen-/Fichtenhäher
Greek:
Καρυοθραύστης του Βορρά/του Νότου
Spanish:
Cascanueces Norteño/Sureño
Spanish (Spain):
Cascanueces norteño/sureño
French:
Cassenoix moucheté ou C. de Chine
Croatian:
kreja/kineska kreja
Japanese:
ホシガラス／ミナミホシガラス
Dutch:
Noordelijke/Chinese notenkraker
Norwegian:
nøttekråke/brunnøttekråke
Polish:
orzechówka zwyczajna/brązowa
Slovak:
orešnica perlavá/južná
Serbian:
Lešnjikara/južna lešnjikara
Swedish:
nötkråka/kinesisk nötkråka
Turkish:
Göknar/Çizgili Göknar Kargası
Ukrainian:
Горіхівка північна/південна
Chinese:
欧亚星鸦/星鸦
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern or Southern Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or hemispila]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern or Southern Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or hemispila]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Northern or Southern Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or hemispila]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) |
| British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) |
| Clements, version 2021: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Northern/Southern Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes/hemispila) |
| eBird version 2025: Northern/Southern Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes/hemispila) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1] |
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| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Nucifraga caryocatactes [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Nucifraga [caryocatactes, hemispila or multipunctata]
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Other synonyms
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Abkhazian: аҦсаӷьүыс
Afrikaans: Neutekraker
Altai: тарал
Asturian: Frayanueces euroasiáticu, Pega
Aragonese: Picaraza
Azerbaijani: adi sidr quşu, Cəvizqıran, Sağsağan, sidr quşu
Belarusian: Aрэхаўка, Арэхаўка
Bulgarian: Сокерица, Сокерица / Хималайска сокерица
Bengali: বাচাল
Breton: Tarzher-kraon Eurazia
Catalan: Trencanous, trencanous eurasiàtic, trencanous eurasiàtic/fosc
Catalan, Valencian: Garsa
Montenegrin: lješnjikara, љешњикара
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): љешњикара
Czech: Orešník kropenatý, Ořešnik kropenatý, Ořešník kropenatý , ořešník kropenatý/východoasijský
Chuvash: кедр кайăкĕ, мăйăр кайăкĕ, ронкăш, рункăш
Welsh: Malwr Cnau
Danish: Nöddekrige, Nøddekrige, Nøddekrige/Himalaya Nøddekrige
German: Nussheher, Nussknacker, Nusskrähe, Tannen-/Fichtenhäher, Tannenhäher
Lower Sorbian: Sroka
Greek: Καρυοθραύστης, Καρυοθραύστης του Βορρά/του Νότου
Emiliano-romagnolo: Gàza
English: Eurasian Nutcracker, Northern or Southern Nutcracker, Northern/Southern Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Spotted nutcracker
English (Avilist): Northern/Southern Nutcracker
English (United Kingdom): Spotted Nutcracker, Spotted/Southern Nutcracker
English, HBW: Northern/Southern Nutcracker
English (India): Eurasian Nutcracker, Eurasian Nutcracker (Spotted Nutcracker)
English (IOC): Northern/Southern Nutcracker, Spotted Nutcracker
English (United States): Eurasian Nutcracker, Northern/Southern Nutcracker
Esperanto: nuksrompulo
Spanish: Cascanueces (común), Cascanueces Común, Cascanueces norteño, Cascanueces Norteño/Sureño
Spanish (Spain): Cascanueces Común, Cascanueces norteño/sureño
Spanish (HBW): Cascanueces común
Estonian: Mänsak
Basque: Intxaurjale, Intxaur-jale, Intxaurjalea
Evenki: огоди, оӈоди, оӈоли, оӈоло, чэптэрэ̄кэ̄н, эӈэлипкӣ, эӈэлэ̄
Persian: زاغ خالدار, فندق شکن, فندقشکن خالدار
Finnish: Pähkinädhakkinen, Pähkinähakki
Faroese: krákukárn
French: Cassenoix moucheté, Cassenoix moucheté ou C. de Chine
French (France): Casse-noix
French (Guyane): Cassenoix moucheté
Friulian: Cheche, frachenolis, papenoles
Frisian: Nutekreaker, Nûtekreaker
Irish: Cnóire
Gaelic: Cnòthair
Galician: Quebranoces
Guarani: Aka'ê
Gujarati: કપોત
Manx: Scolteyder croiyn
Hebrew: קיק
Hindi: कपोत
Croatian: Kreja, kreja/kineska kreja
Upper Sorbian: Sroka
Hungarian: Fenyoszajkó, Fenyőszajkó
Armenian: կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Hnotbrjótur
Italian: Nocciolaia, Nocciolaia eurasiatica, Nocciolaja
Napulitano: Mita
Japanese (romaji): dake-garasu, hoshi garasu, hoshigarasu, take-garasu
Japanese: タケガラス, ダケガラス, ホシガラス, ホシガラス／ミナミホシガラス
Japanese (Kanji): 岳烏, 星烏, 星鴉
Georgian: თხილიტეხია, კაჭკაჭი
Mongolian, Halh: бидэрт самарч шаазгай, бидэрт самарчшаазгай, самарч бялзуухай, самарч шаазгай, цуурай
Khakas: Кеерген
Kazakh: Самыркеш, самырсын, самырсын құсы, самырсын торғайы, ұзын аяқ маса
Kazakh (Transliteration): samırkeş
Korean: 잣까마귀
Korean (Transliteration): jat-kkamagwi
Karachay-Balkar: чегет чаука, чертлеук чыпчыкъ, Чыкъинжик
Karelian: Harakku
Kurmanji: Qelabaçke
Cornish: Crakyer know
Kirghiz: карагай карга, чаар карга
Scientific: Corvus Caryocatactes, Nucifraga [caryocatactes or hemispila], Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes, Nucifraga caryocatactes/hemispila
Luxembourgish: Nëssknacker , Nëssknackert
Ligurian: Berta
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: Paprastoji riešutinė, Riešutine, Riešutinė
Latvian: Riekstrozis
Moksha: Саезьган
Macedonian: Лешникарка
Mongolian: бидэрт самарч шаазгай, Бидэрт самарчшаазгай, самарч бялзуухай, Самарч шаазгай, цуурай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠢᠲᠡᠷᠲᠣ ᠰᠠᠮᠣᠷᠴᠢ ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠰᠠᠮᠣᠷᠴᠢ ᠱᠠᠭᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Цуурай
Mongolian (Transliteration): bidert samarch-shaazgai, samarch shaazg ai, tsuurai
Moldavian: Alunar
Marathi: पारवा
Malay: Burung Murai
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): цуурай
Dutch: Noordelijke/Chinese notenkraker, Notenkraker
Flemish: Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nøttekråke
Norwegian: Nöddekrage, Nötknäcka, Nötkråka, Nøttekråke, nøttekråke/brunnøttekråke
Napoletano-calabrese: Carcarazza
Occitan: Agassa
Punjabi: ਨੀਲਕੰਠ
Polish: orzechówka, orzechówka (zwyczajna), orzechówka zwyczajna/brązowa, Soyka-turecka
Pinyin: xīng yā
Portuguese: Quebra-nozes
Portuguese (Portugal): Quebra-nozes, quebra-nozes-malhado
Quechua: Misti taraqachi
Rhaeto-Romance: Cratschla
Romanian: Alunar
Romance (Other): Cratschla
Russian: Kedrowka, Orechowka, Кедровка, Ореховка
Sanskrit: चाषः
Yakut: оҥоло
Northern Sami: Niehttegarjá
Slovak: orešnica perlavá, orešnica perlavá/južná
Slovenian: Krekovt
Albanian: Boçethyesi
Serbian: Lešnikara, Lešnjikara, Lešnjikara/južna lešnjikara, lješnikara
Swedish: Nötkråka, nötkråka/kinesisk nötkråka
Tajik: ардич
Turkmen: Alahekik
Turkish: Göknar Kargası, Göknar/Çizgili Göknar Kargası, Köknar Kargası, Самыркеш
Tatar: Savusqan, чиклэвек чыпчыгы, эрбет чыпчыгы , эрбетче
Tuvinian: Кээрген
Udmurt: пушмульы куадась, пушмульы сиись, пушмульыкуадась, тайга юбер, юбер
Ukrainian: Горіхівка, Горіхівка крапчаста, Горіхівка північна/південна
Uzbek: қарағай қарға, кедровка
Venetian: Gasa
Kalmyk: оңһала
Chinese: 星鸦, 欧亚星鸦/星鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan): 星鸦
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