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Spotted nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Spotted Nutcracker, Eurasian Nutcracker, or just Nutcracker, (Nucifraga caryocatactes) 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 a 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 Large-spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga multipunctata), was formerly considered a subspecies. The other, Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), occurs in western North America. Source: Wikipedia




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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Corvidae
Genus:
  Nucifraga

Scientific:
  Nucifraga caryocatactes

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Reference:
  Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.106

Protonym:
  Corvus Caryocatactes

Avibase ID:
  76C74B102E7F401F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/76C74B10

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561630

Geographic range:

  • Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes: Scandinavia to n and e Europe; > to s Russia
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchos: N and ne Asia; irruptions to n Iran, Korea and n China
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica: Central and s Kuril Islands, Hokkaido and Honshu
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes rothschildi: Tien Shan Mountains (Kazakhstan)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes hemispila: Himalayas (w Nepal to s Kashmir)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes owstoni: Taiwan
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes interdicta: Mountains of n China (Liaoning)
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes macella (macella): E Himalayas to s Tibet, w Nepal, n Myanmar and sw China
  • Nucifraga caryocatactes macella (yunnanensis): SW China (Yunnan)
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Spotted nutcracker
Czech:
Ořešník kropenatý
German:
Tannenhäher
Danish:
Nøddekrige
Spanish:
Cascanueces Común
Finnish:
Pähkinähakki
French:
Cassenoix moucheté
Icelandic:
Hnotbrjótur
Italian:
Nocciolaia
Japanese:
hoshigarasu
Japanese:
ホシガラス
Dutch:
Notenkraker
Norwegian:
Nøttekråke
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nøttekråke
Polish:
orzechówka (zwyczajna)
Portuguese:
Quebra-nozes
Russian:
Кедровка
Slovak:
orešnica perlavá
Swedish:
nötkråka
Ukrainian:
Горіхівка крапчаста
Chinese:
星鸦

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition):
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British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.):
Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Asturian: Pega
Aragonese: Picaraza
Azerbaijani: Sağsağan
Belarusian: Арэхаўка
Bulgarian: Сокерица
Bengali: বাচাল
Catalan: Trencanous, trencanous eurasiàtic
Valencian: Garsa
Montenegrin: lješnjikara
Czech: Orešník kropenatý, Ořešník kropenatý
Welsh: Malwr Cnau
Danish: Nøddekrige
German: Tannenhäher
Greek: Καρυοθραύστης
Emiliano-romagnolo: Gàza
English: Eurasian Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Spotted nutcracker
English (United Kingdom): Spotted Nutcracker
English (India): Eurasian Nutcracker, Eurasian Nutcracker (Spotted Nutcracker)
English (IOC): Spotted Nutcracker
Esperanto: nuksrompulo
Spanish: Cascanueces Común, Cascanueces norteño
Spanish (Spain): Cascanueces Común
Spanish (HBW): Cascanueces común
Estonian: Mänsak
Basque: Intxaur-jale
Persian: زاغ خالدار
Finnish: Pähkinähakki
Faroese: krákukárn
French: Cassenoix moucheté
Friulian: Cheche
Frisian: Nûtekreaker
Galician: Quebranoces
Guarani: Aka'ê
Gujarati: કપોત
Manx: Scolteyder croiyn
Hebrew: קיק
Hindi: कपोत
Croatian: Kreja
Hungarian: Fenyoszajkó, Fenyőszajkó
Armenian: կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Hnotbrjótur
Italian: Nocciolaia, Nocciolaia eurasiatica
Napulitano: Mita
Japanese: dake-garasu, hoshi garasu, hoshigarasu, take-garasu
Japanese: タケガラス, ダケガラス, ホシガラス
Japanese (Kanji): 岳烏, 星烏, 星鴉
Georgian: თხილიტეხია, კაჭკაჭი
Khakas: Кеерген
Kazakh: Самыркеш
Kazakh (Transliteration): samırkeş
Korean: 잣까마귀
Korean (Transliteration): jat-kkamagwi
Karachay-Balkar: Чыкъинжик
Karelian: Harakku
Kurmanji: Qelabaçke
Cornish: Crakyer know
Scientific: Corvus Caryocatactes, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes
Luxembourgish: Nëssknacker
Ligurian: Berta
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: Paprastoji riešutinė, Riešutine, Riešutinė
Latvian: Riekstrozis
Moksha: Саезьган
Macedonian: Лешникарка
Mongolian: Бидэрт самарчшаазгай, Самарч шаазгай
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
Dutch: Notenkraker
Flemish: Ekster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nøttekråke
Norwegian: Nøttekråke
Napoletano-calabrese: Carcarazza
Occitan: Agassa
Punjabi: ਨੀਲਕੰਠ
Polish: orzechówka, orzechówka (zwyczajna)
Pinyin: xīng yā
Portuguese: Quebra-nozes
Portuguese (Portugal): Quebra-nozes
Quechua: Misti taraqachi
Romansh: Cratschla
Romanian: Alunar
Russian: Кедровка, Ореховка
Sanskrit: चाषः
Sindhi: اُٯ هبڅياٍ
Slovak: orešnica perlavá
Slovenian: Krekovt
Albanian: Boçethyesi
Serbian: Lešnikara, lješnikara
Swedish: Nötkråka
Turkmen: Alahekik
Turkish: Göknar Kargası, Köknar Kargası, Самыркеш
Tatar: Savusqan
Tuvinian: Кээрген
Ukrainian: Горіхівка, Горіхівка крапчаста
Venetian: Gasa
Sorbian, Lower: Sroka
Sorbian, Upper: Sroka
Chinese: 星鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan): 星鸦

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