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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 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 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)
  • Nucifraga multipunctata: eastern Afghanistan (northeastern Paktia and Nuristan), northern and western Pakistan (Fort Sandeman northward along Suleiman Range, Chitral, Gilgit, and Baltistan), Kashmir (Sind Valley, Kishtwar, and Badrawar), northwestern India (eastward to Lahul, in Himachal Pradesh), and possibly adjacent extreme southwestern Xizang (western China)
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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. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spotted or Indian Nutcracker ( Nucifraga [caryocatactes, hemispila 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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