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Spotted or Indian Nutcracker

Nucifraga [caryocatactes, hemispila or multipunctata] (= 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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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, Vog. pal. Fauna, 1, p. 25).

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/124/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ED2F7596EE41105F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ED2F7596

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ED2F7596


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 hemispila hemispila: Himalayas (w Nepal to s Kashmir)
  • Nucifraga hemispila owstoni: Taiwan
  • Nucifraga hemispila interdicta: Mountains of n China (Liaoning)
  • Nucifraga hemispila macella (macella): E Himalayas to s Tibet, w Nepal, n Myanmar and sw China
  • Nucifraga hemispila macella (yunnanensis): SW China (Yunnan)
  • Nucifraga multipunctata: Pakistan and nw India
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English:
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker
French:
Cassenoix moucheté, C. de Chine ou C. du Cachemire


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes, hemispila or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Cassenoix moucheté ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Cassenoix moucheté ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Eurasian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nucifraga caryocatactes [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nucifraga caryocatactes [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nucifraga caryocatactes [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Spotted Nutcracker ( Nucifraga caryocatactes) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nucifraga caryocatactes [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Asturian: Pega
Aragonese: Picaraza
Azerbaijani: Sağsağan
Belarusian: Арэхаўка
Bulgarian: Сокерица
Bengali: বাচাল
Catalan: Garsa, Trencanous
Valencian: Garsa
Czech: oøešník kropenatý, Orešník kropenatý, Ořešník kropenatý
Welsh: Malwr cnau
Danish: Nøddekrige
German: Berghäher, Dickschnäbliger Tannenhäher, Nusshacker, Nusshäher, Nußknacker, Tannenhaeher, Tannenhaher, Tannenhäher, Zirbelhäher
Greek: Καρυδοσπάστης, Καρυοθραύστης
Emiliano-romagnolo: Gàza
English: Eurasian Nutcracker, European Nutcracker, Larger-spotted Nutcracker, Nutcracker, Spotted Nutcracker, Spotted or Indian Nutcracker
Esperanto: nuksrompulo
Spanish: Cascanueces, Cascanueces Moteado, Urraca
Estonian: Mänsak, Pähklimänsak, Seedrimänsak
Basque: Intxaur-jale, Trencanous
Finnish: Pähkinähakki
Faroese: Krákukárn
French: Cassenoix moucheté, Cassenoix moucheté ou C. du Cachemire, Cassenoix moucheté, C. de Chine ou C. du Cachemire
Friulian: Cheche
Frisian: Nûtekreaker
Galician: Pega rabilonga, Quebranoces, Trencanous
Guarani: Aka'ê
Gujarati: કપોત
Manx: Scolteyder croiyn
Hebrew: קיק
Hindi: कपोत
Croatian: Kreja, Kreja lješnjikara
Hungarian: Fenyoszajkó, Fenyõszajkó, Fenyőszajkó
Armenian: [andzegh], [kach'aghak], անձեղ/, կաչաղակ
Icelandic: Hnotbrjótur
Italian: Mita, Nocciolaia, Nocciolaia eurasiatica
Napulitano: Mita
Japanese (romaji): Dake-garasu, hoshi garasu, hoshigarasu, Hoshi-garasu, 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, Чағырға
Kazakh: Самыркеш, Сауысқан
Kazakh (Transliteration): samırkeş
Korean: 잣까마귀
Korean (Transliteration): jat-kkamagwi
Karachay-Balkar: Чыкъинжик
Karelian: Harakku
Kurmanji: Qelabaçke
Cornish: Crakyer know, Piasenn
Scientific: Corvus Caryocatactes, Nucifraga [caryocatactes or multipunctata], Nucifraga [caryocatactes, hemispila or multipunctata], Nucifraga caryocatactes, Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes
Luxembourgish: Nëssknacker
Ligurian: Berta
Ladin: Gacia
Lithuanian: Riešutine, Riešutinė
Latvian: Krēķis, Riekstrozis, Riekstu ğeda, Riekstu vista, Riekstu zīle, Rodze, Rosis
Moksha: Саезьган
Macedonian: Креја, 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
Marathi: पारवा
Malay: Burung Murai
Dutch: Notekraker, Notenkraker
Flemish: Ekster
Norwegian: Nøttekråke, Nøttekråke + Smalnebbet nøttekråke
Napoletano-calabrese: Carcarazza
Occitan: Agassa
Punjabi: ਨੀਲਕੰਠ
Polish: orzechówka, orzechówka (zwyczajna), Orzechówka zwyczajna
Pinyin: xīng yā
Portuguese: quebra nozes, Quebra-nozes
Quechua: Misti taraqachi
Romansh: Cratschla, Giazla
Romanian: Kakarachi, Kakarachka
Russian: Kedrovka, Кедровка, Кедровка (Ореховка), ореховка
Sanskrit: चाषः
Slovak: Orešnica perlavá, orešnica perlovaná
Slovenian: krekovt
Albanian: Boçethyesi, Boçëthyesi
Serbian: Lešnikara, lješnikara, Лешникара, Љешникара
Swedish: Nötkråka
Turkmen: Alahekik
Turkish: Göknar Kargası, Köknar kargası, köknar kargasy, Самыркеш
Tatar: Savusqan
Tuvinian: Кээрген
Ukrainian: Горіхівка
Venetian: Checa, Gasa
Sorbian, Lower: Sroka
Sorbian, Upper: Sroka
Chinese: [xing ya], 星鴉, 星鸦
Chinese (Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 星鴉
Chinese (Taiwan): [xing ya], 星鴉, 星鸦

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